100 year Nelson NZ Flood Aftermath.. The cleanup begins

We had 800-1000 mm of rain in 5 days. It has caused a lot of damage to the roads and properties around the region.
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[@Zeus_a_Gentle_Staffie]

I was hoping you would show us this Marty. So much work ahead of you and all of the Nelson/Wellington areas. All the best from Aus and take care.

[@TobermoryCat]

About 50 years ago an old bloke used to walk about here clearing sticks and stuff out of drains running under the roads. Though appearing to do very little I’d be curious if he was the cost effective option when you see what damage a few branches can cause. Thanks for the vids, always interesting.

[@E3ECO]

Post 10's dad.

[@BrassLock]

I noticed a guy doing similar work around the outer-city main roads here in Chiang Mai a few weeks ago during the early part of the Rainy Season. Despite the large pools of water stretching out onto the road, he knew exactly where the drainage point was, and pulled out all sorts of junk with his bare hands ✋ 😳 Very important service to the Community, that.

[@ViDiaz]

@@E3ECO I also was thinking about Post10... Would be nice to see that guy doing his thing about culverts down there in NZ...

[@johndavies2396]

I can remember 60 years ago when I was a kid gulley suckers lorries went around every couple of weeks clearing the road gullies but now there is grass growing out of the gullies where I live and as soon as it rains the road is flodded take care down there in NZ cheers from the uk

[@oakld]

That would help, I guess, but a truly cost effective measure would be to avoid bottle-necks. That is to raise *significantly* capacity and cross section of those drains. If this was a really fifty to hundred years event, than accepting to rebuild it that often is totally fine. But I have a feeling, that we get "hundred years" weather events every few years now :-D

[@RODALCO2007]

You and Post10 have some of the best water drain video's on KZbin, keep up the great work.

[@emyrjones2717]

As a retired civil engineer, I fully understand what you are going through. Controlling water flow is always difficult, sometimes resulting in unforeseen outcomes. I admire what you are doing on a limited budget, using tried and tested methods and principles of engineering. Best wishes, and I sincerely hope that things will get easier.

[@ni_wink84]

Marty I hope you and the family are doing ok and aren’t having too many complications from this epic flooding, if I know one thing about you, it’s that no matter what’s grown your way you’ll find a way to make it work, I hope all is well, and my thoughts go out to the other New Zealanders effected by this! Much love from California, everyone needs a friend like Marty

[@DiHandley]

That idea of yours to have the water fall expel all of its energy before entering the culvert is a brilliant idea. So just make sure that there are some very immovable rocks that won’t get dislodged. We had 100mm in one day in Gippsland Victoria and I thought that was insane. But we’re on top of the Strezleki mountain range so not much chance being flooded out. I wish I was there to give you a hand. Good luck Marty! 👍🇦🇺

[@mac9954]

Keep fixing it over and over again enjoying the experience of wasting your time but its new zealand.Go the All Blacks.

[@djpuffthethird]

It literally a constant battle with Marty . Forestry , dirt tracks , rocks 🪨. Rain , floods and Argy Rams 🐏 Having to constantly monitor and unblock ditches and culverts to prevent disaster and Inconvenience to many . He feels the watery Ramifications 🌊 🐏 Well done Marty . Always saving the day ! I'll Pleur 🌧 🌧 ⛈️ 🌧

[@Ignore_this_channel]

As a engineer I used to design erosion protection at culvert inlet/outlet. This means boulders water will not move so easily. At several of yours culvert there is way to small fractions. Also vegetation is useful to give the dirt something to hold on to. You could also have a smaller culvert on the normal water line, then a bigger at a higher water line, that would help a lot in the future

[@edwardhalpin7503]

Thanks for sharing the experience. I'll be watching whatever you wish to show. Hope all your family and friends are OK.

[@gfrankum63]

So sorry you've had to go through this twice in one year, Marty. Good thing you rescued so much old construction equipment, it should be a life saver to you and your neighbors!

[@terryshaw4756]

Your drone footage really showed just how far land slips can travel. The force of nature is truly awesome. A great channel

[@annatonywinters4002]

Can’t understand why chasing a ball around is considered important whereas problem solving men like you are overlooked. Thank you 👏🏻

[@Batti2323]

I thought for sure your power turbines would be long gone. Good on ya for having the equipment and skills to handle this. Glad you are all safe!!

[@Obliticus]

Hey Marty, sorry to hear about the devastation down there. Best wishes from the US on a speedy recovery!

[@KiwiNeale]

Hi Marty. I've found my culverts are much less likely to block when the entrance is concreted in to cover sharp protruding end of the pipe. Having a slight radius at the entrance to remove the sharp edges works even better. Leaves and debris will tend to flow through the culvert instead of catching on the entrance, and sticks longer than the culvert diameter usually flow straight through. Concreting in the entrance also fixes up any broken concrete from digger bucket strikes. Hope this helps for future floods. Cheers, Neale.

[@Jon.S]

Wow at first I thought that washed out culvert was the one you fixed up after the last storm….glad to see that one actually held up well. We had plenty of slips and washouts up here but all minor, nothing like as bad as you guys down there, hopefully everyone gets the support they need to rebuild/recover.

[@horatioyen256]

so did i

[@three6ohchris]

First of all, I'm glad that you and your family are safe and healthy after all of that. 🙏 Looks like it was a bit scary. I really want to say that you are an absolute treasure, Marty. You are the epitome of what a good neighbor, father, husband, and friend should be. You have shown time and time again that you're willing to immediately step up and help friends, neighbors, family, etc, without ever being asked. You're constantly willing to help and put your own money into fixing issues and making things better and safer, a good example being the road and your driveway. Also, when you helped your friend set up his water turbine... You have some real talent and skills when it comes to machinery and fixing things and engineering stuff. It's a big reason why I subscribed to your channel quite a while ago. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I wish that you were my neighbor or friend because anyone who knows you is incredibly lucky to have you in their life in some way. I know you're not posting the videos to look for praise or anything, but you deserve it. Thank you for taking the time to videotape all of this, so that you can show the world the horrible situation that parts of New Zealand is dealing with right now. You should consider possibly creating a GoFundMe or whatever fundraiser site you prefer, so that people can help cover costs for all the repairs and anything left over could be donated to the relief fund or helping families out during their time of need due to the flooding and landslides. Just a thought. Stay safe over there! Sending lots of love and support from over here in Washington State, USA. 🙏❤️

[@assassinlexx1993]

Here in the mountains. We get much the same. The crews put giant welded grates on a angle made from old railway tracks. This stops the drains from branches etc. Maybe you could make something like that. To keep the trash from jamming up the drain pipes there. Maybe old chain link fence. I'm sure you engineering skills will come up with a plan.

[@verylongname1]

In Sweden I have seen 4x4 meter wooden boxes , built like log cabins dug in and placed ahead of the culvert higher upp the hill ,two after each other to slow water and particularly rocks and branches . They were emptied with diggers once or twice each season.

[@rhysfirth3506]

What we have here up Kawatiri is the Tasman council rising installed what look like birdcage domes over the inlet to the culvert.

[@michaelparker5814]

I feel like with all the equipment you have you will be super important and busy during the clean up process

[@humpty7457]

Amazing footage - hope everyone is okay. Roads can be fixed (and make good content).

[@punisher3607]

Looks like a job for the grater and the ol bristol

[@jimurrata6785]

Thank you for the drone POV. That was helpful. Hope the road to town gets cleared promptly.

[@chrissmith7655]

Hi Marty, where would your neighbours be without you? The true N.Z. spirit and enteprise. Many thanks and good luck to you all. From Nr Liverpool UK.

[@terrymorris1335]

Over the years I have been though a few big floods here in New South Wales , you have some advantage with elevation but here when it floods it goes over levy banks and through sheds which damages plant and equipment . Hope the weather settles down for you soon . Thanks for the video .

[@boboften9952]

My Great Grand Father put everything on to Barges / Pontoons . When it flooded ..... floating ... as long as it is teathered .... It might look mad in the short term . I Bet your insurance would drop too .

[@M.TTT.]

@@boboften9952 impressive

[@donnaml8776]

Only going to hit the like to be supportive, not because of the flooding. Hope you and your family are okay.

[@stephendalby836]

Thanks for letting us see this Marty. Take care, stay safe.

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Martin the definition of an expert is X is an unknown factor and a spurt is a drip under pressure , A lot of damage but nothing you can’t fix keep up the good work love your videos Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia from over the ditch on the big island

[@The_Charlie_Whiskey]

Good to see you and the fam are safe. Prayers for those that were effected. We have hurricanes and floods in our area - never a fast recovery.

[@jimwatson4513]

As a retired road engineer , we found that you always installed all culverts to withstand any 100 year floods !! This goes for slope run off road ditch culverts !! If you cut culverts dimensions just to save a few buck !! You'll be paying a huge price to replace the massive wash out & rebuild that whole section of road !!! 🤔🇺🇲

[@MartyT]

Yes it would have held up to the water no probs but there was a slip further up stream which pushed a heap of rubbish into the stream and blocked the pipe

[@spokebloke1]

Sorry to see the damage Marty - we went through the fires in 2019/2020 in the Blue Mtns, and then had constant issues with water on our property last year with the rain that the East Coast of Aus copped. All the best with the cleanup - stay safe mate.

[@SeanHodgins]

Water is terrifyingly powerful. Hopefully they are truly 100 year floods.

[@2badger2]

I trekked around NZ for 3 weeks in 1990 and it was one of a favorite vacations. Started in Auckland and ended up in Queenstown.

[@UnkleSi]

I'm an engineer that used to work on that line which made that old Fisher&paykel washing machine you are using as a turbine. Glad to see its still going strong! 😂👍

[@CurtKobain1234]

Good luck to NZ for the relief efforts. I'm sure if you cleanup like you play rugby, you'll all be okay🏉👍 (Ldn, UK)

[@mopar4656]

Born in CHCH. Holidayed in Nelson, half the 60s. Never seen anything like that. Weather patterns sure have changed over the last 50 odd years. Good luck with the clean up. [Now living in OZ]

[@RadioReprised]

I live in the middle of a Desert....all this WATER boggles my mind! Too much of a good thing eh Marty!

[@yasterwelkin]

We had this happen last fall in Hope BC Canada, and surrounding areas. It was a massive cleanup and some areas of the highways are still destroyed. Hope all is well

[@00nutt]

Marty glad you and the family are ok. Hope the house in town is high and dry! We dealt with Hurricane and Laura so my heart goes out to y'all with this historic flood!!!

[@trentdonjeany]

Wow this is insane, it’s crazy what Mother Nature can do. My family lives in Brightwater and came out of the floods unscathed. All the best for the recovery.

[@philb386]

Hey Marty, when you were heading down your track in the digger I could have sworn you were going down Brooklyn hill in Wellington, the slips and blocked drains were almost the same haha. At least you get your roads fixed,drains and slips cleared quickly. The only things that get done quickly in Wellington are cycleways. Keep on smiling Marty ,Phil.

[@AdamB12]

Reminds me of Southern Vermont about a decade ago. 5 towns were completely cut off from the outside due to washed out roads like in this vid.

[@chunkychambers1530]

Hurricane Irene and then Lee left scars in VT and NY that are still obvious today.

[@chrisoakey9841]

on the steep edges for your 4 wheel drive entry et i think it would be worth hammering in some supports. if you buy scrap rail line, you should be able to drive them in just below the road at 30' off vertical heading into the hill. spacing will be very defendant on the size of rocks under foot etc but they should resist the landslide risk. you could also put some logs between them to help hold the edge together. if you can borrow a hammer attachment and sharpen the end they will go in pretty easy. i would also put some vertical between waterfall and the straight shot culvert to make a rock wall to dissipate water speed.

[@samvalentine3206]

Thanks so much for sharing this, Marty. Prayers to all.

[@johnhirtle4300]

I was worried about your hydro generator. What relief there! The road could have been so much worse without all the work you have put into it. You are a one man army, Marty! Now is where all the work you have done rescuing heavy equipment really pays off. Looking forward to watching you and your machines tackle this mess! Very glad you, family and home are safe 🌹

[@cowboybuilder]

Marty I think you should over spec the culvert pipe (Double it) and where the intake is going back up a bit and design a cage (Weld it together with reinforcing steel rod etc) that captures/filters debris and thus allows sufficient water to pass until you can clear the effective filter. The cage if it roughly has 16x the surface area of the intake should give you 16x more time before it clogs.

[@augusttasi1559]

Good to see that you and the family are safe Marty.

[@robindthornton]

Oh heck that is very bad. We had the same thing last winter ,water coming out of the hillsides and springs we didn't even know we had !. Now we've got a drought and a hosepipe ban ~ crazy. We are about 3 miles away from the old David Brown factory in the Yorkshire hills. Its great to see you still using the old David Brown tractors. I hope you don't get too much more rain ,but it is very entertaining watching you deal with it in such a practical way ,Thank you very much. great viewing

[@justkerry173]

I know it makes life very difficult and it can be dangerous but those waterfalls everywhere, gorgeous.

[@tmmtmm]

have you thought about building a large cage around the inlet of each culvert? That way you can have many times the surface area for sticks and rocks to collect before it becomes blocked.

[@wideyxyz2271]

I guess it's a good idea but I suppose the limiting factor is money and time....

[@mikeznel6048]

They clog nuts as quick and easy that way.

[@jfv65]

Maybe also use culverts made of concrete with a smooth bore, narrow at the bottom and big and wide higher up. The narrow section keeps the flow speed up (to keep it from clogging up) when there is little water flowing through, the wider round section would be for excessive flow.

[@aidenhayes3684]

Off set culvert !.. GENIUS !.. deflect the energy those words were the penny just dropped ..

[@SMGJohn]

@@wideyxyz2271 1 year time to build a few cages is a plenty of time and time to collect scrap tubing to use for it to weld. The only real solution I can think of is to dig a river through instead, reinforce it so water wont dig it deeper, then build a cheap wooden bridge over it. Super rain seasons like this is only gonna become more common in the future as we see monster clouds carrying more fresh water than the entire world floating around the Pacific, and when they hit an area and rain, they hit hard, we seen this in Japan, Korea, China and even west coast of america.

[@El_Chompo]

I would love to be an apprentice of yours. You are so good at everything and I would learn so much and it looks like a lot of fun.

[@jesusisGod1434]

Marty T you have inspired me to do something useful and helpful! I’m kind of limited since comping home from the hospital, no heavy lifting. So I got a Work Sharp knife sharpener and I’m busy sharpening all the kitchen knives! You are a good man Marty! God bless you and your family. 👍🏼❤️

[@daveowenmusic1749]

Wow! Unbelievable! Great job on acting quickly and getting the necessary things needed to get your road and personal infrastructure up and going. Thanks for posting this incredible event. Our area in Ohio experienced a 100 year plus rainfall from Hurricanes Ivan and Francis some years ago. It took us years to fully recover and it kept our Department of Transportation very busy on force accounts to clean up the mess! Cheers!

[@mooshaker]

Thanks for sharing Marty. I can't imagine what you would have to do or pay if you didn't have your own equipment.

[@JackBWatkins]

Marty T you are a blessing to your neighbors.

[@peteaplin8324]

A friend moved back to NZ about the time of the earthquake in Whitechurch...she didnt like the cold here in Toronto. I do like the way you manage the challenges that present! Keep calm and forge on!

[@gerdriechers8426]

Hopefully everybody is well and no people hurt. Lot of work ahead and may the skies clear up for you and all folks around Nelson! Good bless you.

[@thaddeustroyer]

With all this kind of work you have been doing lately you could really use a thumb on your digger there. Keep up the good work, your community could not do it without you.

[@eoghanholland2410]

Hyped for the 200 year flood in three months time.

[@daveknight1154]

Good morning from Canada. Best of luck with the clean up. Thanks for the report from NZ.

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

Wow - a Lot of Damaged ! But You fixed a lot of Areas on the Road - that Machine is a Great Work Horse indeed ! Be Safe ! Well done and many Cheers from us in Australia !!!!

[@erikowren7894]

Very sorry for the difficulty your are all having, please stay safe.

[@buaan]

Woah that is some serious rain and damage! Hope everyone's alright.

[@FOOKYOUTUBENUMBERS]

Chin up Marty and all resident's of Nelson My thoughts & Prayers go out to You all. Am sure Your all helping each other out, times like this bring the community together and can only make it stronger, new friendships will be made along the way making the community a lot closer and even stronger chin up hearts out!! STAY STRONG!!

[@captainover-tighten6729]

Not to downplay the obvious seriousness of the whole flood catastrophe - the good news is that the Mrs. will be some glad about the various additions to the Marty collection. Hoping you are all safe and a speedy rebuild for you and your neighbours. Take care.

[@DancerOfClouds]

Oh my gosh Marty, prayers to you all in New Zealand

[@alanconnors8881]

The mudslides make me the most nervous for sure. We've all seen the horrifying footage on KZbin or elsewhere.

[@williambracken1447]

Thank you for sharing. There's so much going on in the world lately I feel that this is being overlooked. Sending well wishes and a speedy recovery there from Arizona.

[@ronaldberry3296]

WOW, that’s an incredible amount of water! Good luck getting everything back to normal! All the best from Michigan, USA!

[@borisbash]

So sorry Marty. Just let you know there has been no coverage in Australia about the floods. We know about Europe nothing about NZ. We know you'll be right and you'll be helping your neighbours and community. Please keep us informed. Hang in there we'll be thinking of you.

[@borisbash]

@@JohnSmith-yv6eq so wrong. NZ is just across the ditch we get nothing.

[@kostaskotoulas6542]

I can't even imagine how you would handle this damage if you didn't have the Hitachi. That thing was a huge blessing when you found it, even if it didn't look that way back then. Hope the town can be cleared soon and the Government will help with the restorations and preemptive measures for the future. This type of floods have started to become a regular occurrence in many parts of the world instead of a rare event. Thoughts and prayers to the people of the affected areas.

[@coniow]

Maybe Marty's Mrs might be more accepting of the next new tractor. . . . . !

[@Matty.Hill_87]

@@coniow 🤞😂

[@markrjones]

Good luck with the recovery and rebuild efforts Marty. Thoughts are with you from South Carolina.

[@harleyriley567]

Such devastation. Thank you for sharing this and all of your content. From the shores of Lake Ontario near Rochester, New York, good luck and a speedy end to the excessive rains and flooding.

[@AkatarawaJapan]

The self-perpetuating gravel pile is a small win. Just need to find a way to make it refill without rain.

[@sdub85gaming76]

Wishing you and everyone down there all the best. Pretty wet up here in Palmerston North too, but nothing like what ur all going through. Hope things dry out soon for you 👍

[@mrblond750]

It’s wonderful to continually watch you put that digger to good yes. Aside from Rambro, the digger recovery was the first video series that brought me to your channel. I feel like I’m watching a whole new life evolve before me. That digger has grown up so big. I’m so proud 😢😁🤣 I hope everything get back to normal quickly and that all the displaced families are all warm, dry and safe.

[@RobbieCec]

I've over 30yrs experience in Civils, 10yrs dealing with drainage. 👏👏 to what you are doing & what you have done previously. Never expected you to say there was even more rain coming!

[@Upsidedownorangejuice]

I swear it feels like only just recovered from flood earlier this year. It's a shame it took the culvert out again.

[@godfreypoon5148]

Would you dig a large pit before the inlet to each culvert, to serve as a kind of settling pond?

[@brucet8551]

good to see on the ground pictures .thanks Marty for taking the time to show us.

[@bellofbelmont]

Thanks for the vid. Stay safe. Jim Bell (Australia) Some old pipes welded parallel as a grid seem like worth a try on the upstream of some of those culverts.

[@nicbrownable]

I wonder if you could experiment with a ramped debris screen like you see in official infrastructure? Especially for the culverts in-line with water flow. The idea being that water pressure blasts sticks up and over the screen and resumes flow down the culvert. Good scrap metal project.

[@MartyT]

Yep I have been thinking along the same lines

[@nicbrownable]

@@MartyT I mean, you have the ideal testing lab.

[@terrytopliss9506]

I’m really impressed with your work ethic,over here in the UK there’s probably only the farmers with the same ethic to sort out this sort of trouble. Hope the weather is kinder to you soon.👍👍

[@luckyedwards4870]

Holy cow guy, I'm not just blowing smoke when I say I really empathize for u dealing with ur floods. I live in the Pacific Northwest, (USA), and my town literally had 5' of flooding just last winter, and for me that was very difficult and stressful. I really hope the best for u and ur area during the flooding. Good luck to u Marty!

[@elbekanal]

Hallo Marty, Vielen Dank für die beeindruckenden Bilder. Wir in Deutschland sind auch leidgeprüft!😥😭

[@Frank-Thoresen]

I think that the bigger culvert you got under the road the better it is

[@andrewjones-productions]

Well, that front loader couldn't have come at a better time! Given the shape the planet is in and that you have had a once in 50 and once in 100 year flood within 6 months, rebuilding the damaged road with as large a culvert as you can possibly find may be a prudent way forward. Easier said than done of course and a bridge even might be better, but then cost and difficulty in building comes into play. I'm sorry that you have go through the process of rebuilding so soon again, but so long as you are safe, that is the most important.

[@ToreDL87]

That's what we get for employing selfanointed "scientists". If pollution in China hadn't melted the glaciers it wouldnt have been this bad, China is pretty much just one big sandpit so instead of pollution from their excessive industries getting absorbed there, it all goes to the Himalayan glaciers, ice melts, oceans rise, more rainfall, boom. It's literally the same as road-dust melting snow close to the roads before anywhere else, or throwing ash on snow around your yard in the spring, darker snow absorbs more sun and melts faster. If we had spread out our industries instead (as in, keeping it as it was) our fauna's environments could have more than handled the stress, and the Himalaya glaciers wouldn't have been so heavily taxed. We sacrificed 95% of our industrial capacities because our pollution laws are that much more stringent that our industries can't afford to keep up every year. So it all gets sourced out to China, because scientists "believe" instead of knowing for 100% fact.

[@gs1100ed]

Yes our lovely planet is sick with all of these nasty climate changing humans living on it. The solution is obvious.

[@ewanstewart8011]

I hope having just watched your video that there has been no loss of life, my heart goes out to all those affected by the flooding. Thanks for showing us first hand the amount of water involved Marty take care mate 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@easttexan2933]

When Harvey came into Texas a few years ago, we got 53" of rain in 48 hrs. It was a total mess. Literally a million homes flooded in the Houston area. Hope it stops for you soon. Stay safe on the equipment.

[@josephlwallssr6166]

Wow! What a scarey, situation to be in, Marty! Very little sleep and a whole lot of work, to get those culverts, cleared! A heck of a lot of rain!Hang in there and be safe! Thank you for giving us the update!

[@rickatkins1493]

I feel your pain, I lived in the Appalachian mountains for many years and I have gone through quite a few of those. Hang in there

[@David9523]

Thank god you had the foresight (Or desire to scavange old equipment- my wife calls it hoarding) to salvage old the shovel and bulldozer and fix them up ..way before this flood. Can't imagine trying to do that with just the old Brownie. Thanks again for taking the time to film it.. stay safe please.

[@boomish69]

Oh Marty what a massive cleanup op, all the best, so good to see all your hard work on those beautiful motors paying, every bucket I was imagining what it would like with a small machine or god forbid shovelling by hand. Take care

[@tomjohntig]

God bless Marty I have never seen so much damage caused by rain, good luck Marty all the best from north east England.

[@greggb1416]

Hey Marty, you probably have already thought of it, but fabricating a heavy metal grate out in front of up hill side/inlet side, of the problem culverts, will help a lot, and be easier for you to clear with your excavator.., also a hasty fabricated fixed “thumb” on your excavator will be a great help. Take care.

[@FoxfireProjects]

Wow, quite the storm. No doubt there is lots of work ahead of you and your neighbors. You're off to a great start. Thanks for taking the time to bring us a long. Stay safe!

[@benwinstanley101]

Thanks Marty for the upload. Hope the repairs don’t cost you to much . Feel for you guys . I reckon a man of your caliber this won’t faze you to much and they’ll be some positive content come from it. That’s a lot of water amazing to see it coming strait out there side of the hill . The grounds saturated alright hey . Hope no one is affected to bad to in the surrounding areas. Good luck chief 🤙✌️

[@ChileExpatFamily]

Nice work! Jim

[@andrewslagle1974]

Marty wishing you and your family well.I hope you get your road sorted out.And it drys out.

[@furionese]

Hope you and your fallas holding up in Nelson. Hey, I just been to Scott Brown's channel, he's a kiwi carpenter whom I subscribed to for a while now, he also lives in Nelson and he had a link to Nelson Council's relief fund so I donated some money there. Dumb dumb like me just wouldn't have realised that there's a way to help those people until I saw something clear as, for example, a link. It didn't occur to me till I saw it, "ah yeah that's right I can donate." So I'm not suggesting anything but if you got a link I'm sure many people who watch your channel can help Nelson.

[@skipd9164]

Retired and would work for food and a bed until job finished. Did this type of stuff in my working career and always loved playing and being out during storms. Live in different country but I would of loved to help ya

[@eastunder55]

Your video brought back memories of 1977 when I lived in Johnstown, PA USA, we got 8 inches approx 20 cm of rain in 8 hours. The devastation was similar. I can't imagine what a meter of rain would have caused in Johnstown. Best wishes to you and your neighbors during the cleanup. Be safe.