Shitty demise for a great ride!
My family and I were lucky to survive the flood. Our house was about to be swept away when our neighbor's house split in half and wedged in some large trees in such a way so as to deflect the force of the water, which saved my family and me. Watched a house with several people on the roof that was being swept downstream hit a bridge and collapse. I'm sure all of those people died. After the flood, we couldn't be rescued until the afternoon on the 10th. I unfortunately came upon several dead bodies near our house (I had just turned 14) while we were waiting for rescue. People who have drowned and their bodies pummeled in a flood present a picture that you don't soon forget.
Long story which I won't tell here, but I took some risks in the late stages of the flood to improve our chances of being rescued, which greatly upset my parents when they discovered what I had done. It involved me wading through waist high water (I was a scuba diver and unafraid of water even at that age) to a place where rescue was more possible and nobody knew I was there. So I got to the dry spot that was my target and the first thing I came upon was the body of 1 of 3 firemen that died in the flood. It was a very unpleasant sight to put it mildly. I returned to the house without telling my parents where I'd been. The funny thing was, rescuers through a megaphone asked if there was any way that our family could make it to this site, and Dad wasn't sure until I told him that I had already been there. Tons of stories about this flood,
Sure you can use your knowledge today. I put a new fuel injection system in my 98 Chevy, and many replacement parts. The truck has less than 100,000 miles on it but things are getting old. Next up 4wd front wheel bearings. Learned so much by rebuilding the 400ci engine in my first GTO. Luckily dad was a machinist and taught me well.
