Foo - Photos & video my Car submerged in water

I woke up at 8am to find my car under water, I slept through the storm as I had just been released from the hospital the night before. lol
Check out the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMHBOXIiB48 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMHBOXIiB48)

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More photos here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/18949639@N00/)

Wow, that's unbelievable. I hope you're doing okay.

Now I have to ask the obvious question - are your bikes all right?

umm......oops?

Yes, my bikes are okay :)

Yes, my bikes are okay :)

Then what's all the excitement about?

Are you now taking up kayaking to complement the cycling?

Louisville, Kentucky? How long has it been raining for?

Are you now taking up kayaking to complement the cycling?

Not likely, although I could hold the shortest triathlon.

fuzzbox, I think someone told me it rained for six hours.

Holy crap, that's terrible. :(

Hey, I've got that same bike rack!



(umm, sorry about your adventure)

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Are you rescuing....beer? :)

are you kidding me, I'm much better looking than that guy :)

I woke up at 8am to find my car under water, I slept through the storm as I had just been released from the hospital the night before. lol
Check out the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMHBOXIiB48 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMHBOXIiB48)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/3789229604_67ec7b6f05_b.jpg
More photos here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/18949639@N00/)

You left your lights on. You might want to turn them off before your batter goes dead. Just sayin..

(glad you're ok, sorry about the camera gear. Personally, I'd rather lose a family pet, than my Nikon. you will give your gear a proper burial, won't you?)

What part of town are you in? I used to live off of US 42. Went to Ballard HS.

That video made me sad. I'm sorry that you had to come home to this. That's really messed up.

Modern cars are toast after being submerged, right?

Are you now taking up kayaking to complement the cycling?

Does Yakima make a drive on roof rack for kayaks?:innocent:

Dude, sorry to hear/see about your car.

You left your lights on. You might want to turn them off before your batter goes dead. Just sayin..


:roflmao2::roflmao2:

The big question is why are they on? The roads will probably and closed and not going to be able to drive very far. :)

I'm glad you have a sense of humor about this whole thing. I'd be crying!

Modern cars are toast after being submerged, right?

Not is you have one of these.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01013/Bond-car-460_1013511c.jpg

I have good insurance and I expect they'll give me blue book value so that will be cool.

Ya it felt like my poor car turned its lights as if it was begging me to save it :(

I have good insurance and I expect they'll give me blue book value so that will be cool.

Ya it felt like my poor car turned its lights as if it was begging me to save it :(


Alarm probably tripped as it submerged.



As nonliving deaths go that was awesome. Glad the living are okay.

HOLY CRAP DOOD!! I mean - --- I've never experienced anything like that!!!!

Awesome pics, but I'm also very sorry - and man alive, I hope yer insurance kicks in!!!!!

Alarm probably tripped as it submerged.


Man I bet that pissed off the neighbors, with that racket going on all night and chadhord sleeping right through it!

Oh.... suckage.

"damprid" hee hee

I'm glad the insurance company is offering some decent value for it. Most cars made today, if the ECM gets submerged, the vehicle gets written off, and the title is noted with flood damage. Even if the ECM is replaced, there will always be problems with the electrical system due to corrosion, and the problems will be usually the worst -- intermittent crap caused by an impossible to find corroded solder joint that connects and disconnects.

The worst thing is the smell. Even an older car that gets flooded out and cleaned up will always have that dank odor in it.

that sucks guy I hope it gets better from here on out

Hey, I've got that same bike rack!



(umm, sorry about your adventure)

THis is crazy, but I have the same volvo, same color, and same rack!! It's not a 2002 s60 is it?

FlatMaster, yes its a 2002 S60

Incredible! So is the photography gear completely shot? No way to salvage the lenses or body with a thorough drying, cleaning and relube?

Wow, that sucks.

Incredible! So is the photography gear completely shot? No way to salvage the lenses or body with a thorough drying, cleaning and relube?

I would have to believe that it is completey fuxored.

be glad it wasn't your house...I've had 2 feet of salt water in our house during 2004 Hurricane Francis, house was completely totalled, sold for the lot property and demolished.

Chad

That's crazy! Sorry to hear your camera equipment got soaked, too :(

They towed off my car today, Hopefully I'll hear what my cars is worth before the end of the week.

A Audi S4 would be nice :)
http://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/1311812073.html
I also saw a yellow S4 at a car lot. Must be fate, its not that common a car to find.

I find it amazing that the electrical system would still work after submerging the car. Also, I would have thought that getting water on halogen bulbs would make them explode...

That'll buff right out.

I always wondered what happened to all those New Orleans cars post-Katrina.