A retired friend of mine decided his retirement money would be better off if he bought a place down near Lake Texoma for "fishin' camp". I remember when he bought the place we had a discussion and I reiterated that cabins are like boats...you're not suppose to actually own one, you just need to have close friend that owns one. He jumped on it anyway (I knew he would).
I had a phone conversation with him recently. They've gotten all the muck and silt out of the cabin (3' deep) and are letting it dry to start removing the sub-floor and take an educated look at whether the floor joists are any good...not to mention any mold problems. And there's the constant battle with the insurance company. He's not having a good time, but he is staying a lot busier this summer than he had planned....
On a good note, I bet the fish will be biting all the way through fall with all the water. Here's some pics he emailed showing the tremendous amount of water that arrived there in late May.
Here's what the bridge over Rooster Creek looked like a year ago.
Here's what it looked like five or six weeks ago:
It's down quite a bit now, but not all the way. There's a whole lotta water still down there.
yikes, I do feel bad for the guy.
I feel for him.
Rivers don't have boundaries. They're a free ranger.
I remember doing flood surveys in 1970's following the second largest flood on record.
Devastating. I remember seeing a dead cow caught in the top branches of a tree.
That flooded bridge speaks volumes. No pun intended.
paden cash, post: 326885, member: 20 wrote: A retired friend of mine decided his retirement money would be better off if he bought a place down near Lake Texoma for "fishin' camp". I remember when he bought the place we had a discussion and I reiterated that cabins are like boats...you're not suppose to actually own one, you just need to have close friend that owns one. He jumped on it anyway (I knew he would).
I had a phone conversation with him recently. They've gotten all the muck and silt out of the cabin (3' deep) and are letting it dry to start removing the sub-floor and take an educated look at whether the floor joists are any good...not to mention any mold problems. And there's the constant battle with the insurance company. He's not having a good time, but he is staying a lot busier this summer than he had planned....
On a good note, I bet the fish will be biting all the way through fall with all the water. Here's some pics he emailed showing the tremendous amount of water that arrived there in late May.
Here's what the bridge over Rooster Creek looked like a year ago.
Here's what it looked like five or six weeks ago:
It's down quite a bit now, but not all the way. There's a whole lotta water still down there.
Wow!!! :-O I guess it is safe to say that they are no longer in a drought. :'(
It's all relative, Angel. Around here the standard claim is that we are always 24 hours from a flood and two weeks from a drought. The drought side of the equation comes from having shallow soils with about a 14 day water retention during the summer months. We would not know what to do with deep soils and a couple of months of water retention.
