That was my life 8 years ago… for me it literally rained through/under my windows on the 9th floor so I had to squeeze out over 130L of water during the entire night. Literally non-stop towel wringing for 12h+…. What a nightmare!
OMG 😳… Good luck 🍀 okay. If you need any support, Please definitely ask for please please please. In Taiwan during the time like this, You really need to Ask for help. ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻😵💫😵💫😵💫🙏🏻 Btw, Re your parents went through that other Taiphone too?! Wow 😮.. You guys Rock 🪨 Taiwan. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😅😅😅 How lucky to experience 2 of this?! 😵💫😵💫😵💫🥵🥵🥵🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 ☮️
@carlin4an2 ай бұрын
這棟樓外牆是磁磚~25年中古屋...在18樓外牆沒法處理, 只能從房子裡面補強防水~
@沈茂林-x6y2 ай бұрын
台灣政府只想收稅金,都沒幫消費者品質把關😢我30年前就買到海砂屋😡😡😡
@李政屏2 ай бұрын
我家也是這樣,換分離式冷氣機,比較好做防水
@nostaligia40212 ай бұрын
stay safe, Wes
@WesDaviestravel2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your support!! You stay safe as well!
Glad to hear that the typhoon is over and that you and Evelyn stayed safe. Too bad about all of the water leaking into your apartment. I hope everything dries up soon. Your video really reminded me of our visit in 2009 with Typhoon Morakot, so I can imagine what you went through!
@Sidebotham2 ай бұрын
Take care! The typhoon is almost over! You have water leaking from SO MANY places!!!! After the rain stops you might want the landlord to do so repairs!
Big earthquake earlier this year, combined with one of the biggest typhoons... no wonder the water's coming in through those cracks. Wishing you the best, hope it dries up soon.. I know the Taiwanese are efficient and resilient, recovery efforts will start soon.
Hi Wes,you could've installed a chuteway,where water drops naturally dropping off into it and it's come from cutting half plastic pipes or flat aluminium sheets being bent to U shape allowing dropped water flow down to your kitchen sink or bathroom bathtub. Hope you've already modified for temporarily resolving.😊😊
Reminds me of 1989, living in Niasong, 3rd floor of the grey colored apartmentbuilding overlooking the lake. Water came in from the staircase and the balcony during a typhoon. Good luck with cleaning up.
@jamesc5712 ай бұрын
8:27 also the mayor improved the sewerage system of Kaohsiung, that was why the flood water didn't get any higher in Kaohsiung
@AllenRReid2 ай бұрын
I live in Houston where we just had our own hurricane. I can't believe you got flooded like that. Be thankful you didn't lose power. Many in our area lost power for many days after our storm. We were out for 36 hours so not too bad.
@WesDaviestravel2 ай бұрын
Yikes yeah can’t imagine doing all that with no power as well! Stay safe
@daphnew73142 ай бұрын
Unbelievable it's on 18th floor. Thursday was the worst day. It's better to stay at home during typhoon.😂
@outdoor752 ай бұрын
That is terrible what happened to your apartment. Old apartments suffer from a lot of waterproofing issues. Our garage flooded but luckily only about 20cm, so the car was ok. Last time it flooded was morakot. The mud was the only inconvenience to clean up. Pray for all the people that lost much more. Thanks for making the vid to show the rest of the world how resilient the people of Taiwan are. They bounce back very fast after typhoons, earthquakes.
@yft49052 ай бұрын
天佑台灣
@林俊良-v5t2 ай бұрын
三四十年前還會停水停電,點蠟燭吃泡麵更有氣氛😌
@WesDaviestravel2 ай бұрын
Kind of sounds romantic actually, however, I had some videos to edit so power was nice to have 🤣
Oh..sorry to see your place was flooded!! Pray and hope fully recovery soon while in the middle of cleaning,you have an safe place to stay.
@nzrock12 ай бұрын
10:18 bro, you need to put on the tube caps on those things, so that it spreads out nice and evenly.
@santosakowski98462 ай бұрын
Wow, a very informative video! I never thought about how bad it could be in an apartment in a high rise. The leaks in the floor are obviously due to seepage from floors above, exiting downwards through the walls and elsewhere. Nothing you can do about that. As one person noted, be glad your electricity did not go out! You got almost 60 inches of rain in three days, more than the last two typhoons combined! You have a very positive mental attitude. Good luck and best wishes!
You can buy silicon at a nearby hardware store to fill the water leakage, but it needs ventilation, because the plastic smell is relatively heavy, but it will not leak after use.😊
@Dmsvdmoss27392 ай бұрын
Can't imagine having to deal with this. Stay safe.