Are our Texas friends thinking about large boats ?

[nhmaf]

Goodness !  With all the heavy rain storms and what, 16 inches of rain in 2 days down in eastern Texas, I am
hoping that our friends down there are OK and not contemplating building an ark to safely transport
their precious R65s to dry land.    Are you all OK down there ?

-Mike

[thrang]

On the same subject but this side of the pond. During the flooding of Sheffield mate of mine from Yorkshire MAG had his eight week old Harley sunk... Boy is he pissed off, will be even more pissed off when he recieves the pair of waterwings we sent him.... )

[Lowen]

Gore-tex has become a way of life for me here and I had to cancel my trip to the hill country this weekend as all the roads I wanted to ride are under water, aside from that I'm finding that I enjoy riding in the rain on an 85 deg. day more I do on a 104 deg. day in the sun.

[Justin B.]

Thrang, you're truely evil!    The weather is starting to wear on me a bit (I DON'T like riding in the rain) but I suppose it beats the temps those in Phoenix have been having to put up with.  It is my fear that once this low pressure system is dislodged the high to the west will move in and BBQ us...  

[SCJJR65]

I hope the rain isn't as bad in Little Rock, AR.  Next week, PM and I are going to visit her dad who lives there for a few days.  I hope it ain't raining the whole time we're there!  I'm also hoping to get in a side trip to Hot Springs as well!  

[Justin B.]

It looks like this area will officially move into the record books for the second soggiest June in recorded history with a bit more than 11" of rain.  And, the forecast for the next 7 days has rain every day...  

[thrang]

I would not say evil, simply taking the piss, but it is a pity we could not find a trademarked HD pair. There is nothing more fun in this world than taking the piss out of a Hardley Ableto owner. As for riding in the rain, I guess I'm kind of used to it since I live in one of wettest places in England.

[Ed Miller]

Yep; our BMWs are water cooled some of the time.  

Western Oregon is wet, but I don't remember us ever getting 11 inches of rain in one month.  It just drizzles a lot here sort of like Thrang's abode, but we actually get a summer.  

[Lowen]

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u174/MoondoggieR65/177180223237_0_0.jpg

This is not a river but in fact the street in front of my house on Sat. afternoon.

[Ed Miller]

Since I don't own a boat, I would have to call in sick.  Yikes.  I hope your house doesn't get flooded.

[Lowen]

I'm on the down hill side of my development the water rises quick and goes down quick I'm not near any rivers or lakes.

[Justin B.]

Crap, it hasn't gotten any where near that bad over here, just have a lake for a back yard...  I am pretty much at the top of the slope in our development but whatever stands in our back yard has no way out.

[scottyintex]

This is the main  road out of my subdivision or what is left of it. That is chewed up chucks of asphalt your looking at.....and just down from that is the bridge........under a lot of water. The bridge is usually 15 feet above Backbone Creek. My subdivision was an island for 24 hours and we were the lucky ones.

[Bob_Roller]

I can't imagine watching that happen in my neighborhood, or worse yet through my home ! I don't know how many of you have flood insurance, but I live in the Phoenix metro area, and I have flood insurance on my home. Cost is just a little under $250 a year, to replace the contents of the home, and to replace the structure if it is damaged enough. Also, I don't know how widespread this is, but I have relatives that live in central Florida, and if the homes are damaged enough ( roof gone, etc.) to get rain water in and cause damage to the home, homeowner's insurance won't cover the damage, it's considered 'flood damage" , because the water came from outside the building. Something you might want to check in your insurance policy.

[Justin B.]

Normally the homeowners policy will cover "wind-driven rain" but if water gets into the house because of water levels then a flood policy is needed.  I know that my homeowners policy covers interior damage due to a leaky roof as insurance has bought me two roofs and repaired ceiling damage twice in the past 26 years...