Wooster Flooding; Family builds wall around house

[@kristinebailey6554]

Bought our house in Dickinson, Texas three months before Hurricane Harvey hit. During the closing at the title office the realtors said, this property has never flooded and isn't in a flood zone. But we could see Dickinson Bayou at the end of our street. Flood insurance was just over a dollar a day, so we bought it. In the end we had 28 inches of filthy water in our home and pool. Insurance paid 275,000.00 for the house. Over 100,000.00 for contents and even paid to resurface the pool. Always buy flood insurance, even if you think you can't afford it. Our neighbors that didn't have it got a flat 135,000.00 total. No where near enough to recover. We had the house restored and got the Hell out of Texas. Been in the Rocky Mountains ever since, thanking God we got out of there.

[@ch3cksund3ad]

It all depends what area of Texas I lived there 28 years, an never saw a bad flood where I was

[@breezeh1127]

Some places will not cover flood insurance in certain areas. We had flood insurance in NC and after Isabella pretty much all insurance pulled out of coverage for our area. USAA pulled pit of the state all together. First they tried to pay off ppls claims by rasing our insurance form 147 a month to over 700 a month. Then they canceled it all together and pulled out of the state. No one would cover our area.

[@TanyaOwens]

How's the snow? Thankfully my home didn't flood during Harvey. There is a 180 acre detention area around the creek and they are widening it more. So we were dry, but I agree get flood insurance

[@dboucher26]

You must have been in Houston, Galveston, or somewhere near the shore. We never get floods in Central TX, no matter how bad it looks on TV or social media. Only a handful of towns are susceptible to flooding in TX,

[@toyarj37]

You can only get flood insurance in a flood zone

[@MsLightbar]

"I grew up on this creek, seen it out of its banks a thousand times" followed by "we dont have flood insurance" hmm

[@leoaksil4085]

Maybe it's expensive?? .

[@persona5305]

he also said "I never seen anything like it" which mean that it was the first time he experienced the flood to rise that high? plus insurances in flood prone areas are expensive! not everyone can afford to pay that high monthly.

[@lingth]

recently i saw news a lot of insurers are not renewing with flood victims, because they do their risk analysis and know the flooding will be come more and more frequent due to climate and it will not be wise to insure those homes in flood prone areas.

[@lingth]

@@persona5305 then they can change their furniture and household appliances yearly..after getting damaged by another and another flood.. dun trust in those "once in a `100 years flood" the next one wont be 10 years from now, more like 10 months from now..

[@SouthFloridaWoman]

Lol

[@Jen-tv9bt]

I wanted to get a view of what the wall around the home looked like? Super close up clips of small sections of it, never got to see what it looked like. I hope the home made it. I didn’t realize this was 5 years ago lol

[@justlooking4771]

I know, right! I'm a day after you lol!

[@tula1433]

1:25 is a pretty good view of it

[@karm1439]

Me too! Im five years late, And 4 days after you. Anyone else got an update?

[@andyz3925]

I thought the same thing, too. We don't get a more realistic veiw of exactly what we're looking at here. Local news crews they send out always do this. They film from awkward locations and always seem to have their footage super zoomed in.

[@cocofluff]

What news station doesn't have a drone? Smh

[@mikelangille3465]

Still some good people in the world! Lucky to have a community like that

[@pmeehan_3]

All I could think of watching this is the community helped this family build that wall around their house while that same community prolly lost all their homes.

[@diangelogroves3182]

Exactly

[@jaypolas4136]

Smart, also gives you the luxury privilege of having a bullet-resistant wall. Or half-wall.

[@StarshipTrooper2050]

@jay….every second counts when needing to line up the crosshairs….

[@vet137]

WTF this is about flooding and you bring up GUNS??

[@jaypolas4136]

@@vet137 Sandbags..

[@dailybrm-5497]

@@StarshipTrooper2050 LMAO

[@adrielburned6924]

​@@vet137GUNS! 😵😵😵 *GUNS* 😫😩😫😵🤯 GUNS! OMG!!! 🤣🤣😂🤣

[@louisegogel7973]

It would be wise, in my opinion, for us to relocate houses back away from hundred year flood zones and away from swamps and beaver dam ponds which buffer the lands around from devastating flooding. Maybe we could brainstorm ways to do that… ways that bring houses closer together and divvy the riverside property to the shared owners so they can have gardens etc in those flood zones instead. That is just one idea, and if we think win win for everyone, with working WITH nature, then I think we will all come out in a much better place than previously even imagined.

[@robtk3]

Because of climate change, 100 year floods are becoming 10 year floods. Of course, there are certain segments within our society that deny climate change and view relocating vulnerable property as a "socialist power grab". And now, most recently, climate change is manifesting just as scientist have predicted. However, the deniers, in an effort to "not be wrong" are claiming that the government is controlling the weather and even threating the lives of meteorologists and FEMA staff. Just to be clear, I agree with you in theory but getting the majority of citizens to agree would be daunting at best.

[@timothynelson6918]

And on whose land are those relocated homes going to sit? You buy a risk when you live near a body of water. People are capable of moving or avoiding that risk all together they just choose not too.

[@Sevenfold120]

True but building them at a higher elevation would help. Build a raised foundation that the house can sit on. Dont know why these homes are one story and built out of paper.

[@TanyaOwens]

Happy they had volunteers to help them.

[@MissEddieBlueKawaiiKrafts]

Sounds more like the family is somehow friends with the mayor, school, sheriff’s office or football team, it’s not like they’re doing that for random people.. unfortunately. Imagine being one of the neighbours & getting flooded but then seeing the whole football team & god knows who else piling up sand bags across the street 😐 I think the street is actually named after that family, if so they must be known in the town

[@felixyusupov7299]

I lived in a town in Alabama and every home in my development was built 5 feet above street level with tapered yards. I assume the idea was to protect the structure from flooding given the area was so flat.

[@catherinesanchez1185]

I live in Maryland . We're miles from any rivers or creeks, and yet ...the development we live in (that was built over 40 years ago) did the same thing. All the houses are on properties that are sloped upward away from the street. Most of the houses have basements , but water issues are rare . This is what good design and engineering can accomplish. You have to work within your environment. The town I lived in before is at sea level near the Bay. I loved living there , but I knew it's only a matter of time. I don't want to be one of these crying people on tv who have lost everything and spend the rest of their lives trying to get back to normal. None of us can predict everything Mother nature will throw at us, but we can at least try to get out of her way.

[@Dan_is_cool]

True admiration for those people. That’s what I think of being American is all about. Rising to the occasion.

[@scottfranson4215]

That’s LOVE ! Touchdown Win Win as A Team . They learned a Great Lesson.

[@Jacobey22]

What in the AI

[@stevenpike7857]

Everyone in the town, including the town football team, working for free to save a multimillionaire's home from flooding?!... ROFL!! The reason they don't have flood insurance isn't because they couldn't afford it, it was because they built their home in a flood zone and the insurance company wouldn't cover them because they knew it would flood.

[@stevenpike7857]

@pault6347 Rich people build homes in flood zones, knowing they can't get insurance, and then depend on "the poors" to work for free to save their house.

[@jarhead3076]

Ya from the air shot you could seen the nieghbors house in the backround totally flooded. The nieghbor"s bank account wasn't big enough to warrant any help from the community.

[@tullamorejameson480]

People: Builds home near Creek Creek: overflows People: I never dreamed this would've happened!

[@caravanstuff2827]

Someone said.. stupid is as stupid does..who was that .. forrest someone..help me out people!!.🤔

[@justinbaas843]

​@@caravanstuff2827Forest gumps Mother told Forest I believe...

[@michellecar7172]

Y'all are so judgemental and cruel with these comments that I see on here. Goodness people! So many have lost everything and loved ones and making derogative statements isn't necessary right now in this time of need. God forbid something like this happens to any of you, how would u feel reading comments like this? Do better people and love your neighbor!!

[@webwhisper2701]

@@michellecar7172it could be toned down - yet, sadly the facts are evident

[@g.e131]

​@@michellecar7172those with compassion are few now - I've noticed in America anyways.

[@aegis7survivor98]

This is a thicc news team!

[@GiSeLeMa]

😂😂

[@rickrudd]

😂 I had to watch twice to verify. Affirmative.

[@VitalityMassage]

How long can people compensate to protect or rebuild structures that shouldn't be there in the first place?

[@ca.luckie2830]

THIS is a great example of how communities pull together.

[@ianescurel5362]

Family builds a wall around their house Trump: I like dat😎

[@0akBeanz]

That*

[@gaminggeckos4388]

@@0akBeanz No, they intentionally misspelled it for the sake of the meme reference.

[@KofelinaPL]

@@0akBeanz r/whooosh

[@StarshipTrooper2050]

I don’t have a wall, but I’ve got another way of keeping the riff raff out of my world….Trump would like that too! Trump/Vance 2024!

[@The_Quaalude]

​@@0akBeanzL

[@theresadarrow4315]

It hurt me to see the mom cry. I get it. I was once homesless with my youngest 2 children. I worked so hard over the years to get where I'm at. It would be devastating to loose it all bc of a flood.

[@Bmhh24781]

I live in Florida, just experienced Milton and at first I was afraid to lose my home but then realized it's just stuff. When I die I can't take it with me. We are still under flood warnings here, worse than what they were a few days ago. As long as I survive, that's what matters

[@Comm0ut]

If you make the mistake of buying a home in a flood plain you can raise the structure like house movers do using steel beams and jacks, then support it as you prefer. I'd buy the steel surplus which is where many house movers get theirs and permanently attach the lifting frame etc to the home and to steel posts in the ground potted in concrete. For older smaller homes and of course trailers that's well in DIY range for many people. Steel beam BTW makes a dandy concrete slab form/foundation combo because you don't need to waste money on wooden forms and can weld or bolt beams together as a box (I used stick welding which needs nothing fancy), add whatever features you want then pour the slab. Your foundation now has a beam perimeter far stronger than concrete you can bolt and weld to.

[@alexlevingston]

Girl you look good.

[@SearchingNewAdventures]

Why this 1 home? I mean a football team, and community helping out, whats the story, behind this story? Something seems a little "under explained". Sometimes, when i watch these stories, because they are so "SHORT" you never get the WHOLE STORY.😢😢😢😢

[@2scents434]

Last name patton, road or town named patton whole town helps the pattons home while their homes flood? I agree theirs gotta be more to this story.

[@SnowPink90]

That’s what I brought out in my comment, but I hope that all those people built a wall around every home in the area because I just don’t understand why the one home received all this help. It could be that the husband is the coach of the football team and that’s why they all came together or she’s a teacher at the school, it probably has something to do along those lines.

[@justlooking4771]

How about showing a better picture of the flood barrier and not zoomed in closeups of the water? And who are "they" in town? The whole community helped "them" but left their own homes vulnerable?

[@dashsocur]

If I had to guess (based on my past experience living in a town that was getting flooded) the people that were helping were from outside of the flooded area themselves. The number of homes that actually flood is normally a small percentage of the overall community which leaves plenty of people willing and able to pile in.

[@davidjones4514]

So I’m reading this 3years later. Did they save the house ?

[@BestMods168]

no. the angry neighbors tore the wall down and came the great flood.

[@Rikkisio]

Drunk guy driving a lifted truck bumped into the wall, the flood broke through.

[@tidentenn]

Yes, it survived.

[@irenebaldwin8933]

Wow, Great job on the wall !!!

[@caravanstuff2827]

It's like folks who say and fight for their homes during wildfires..be properly prepared and have escape plan and you stand a good chance of success..only those who succeed are those who never give up!!.❤️🙏🇺🇸

[@user2kffs]

Really nice house worth saving, keep it up

[@stanleykudjodji1656]

Noah's direct ascendence!

[@VoidHalo]

Interesting. His last name is Patton, his family's had a farm there for decades and lives on Patton Rd. I half wonder if the road was named after them. Tons of roads around here are named for families who owned successful farms or mills back in the 1800s.

[@JesseBourg]

Thanks for letting me know that. Walls WORK

[@joenewman6494]

Why was his house the only they helped to protect

[@deerhunter7482]

Nice dress

[@computerweenie]

Many of us would love to have homes along a river with river views but I'd never want to go through this even one time. I

[@cindylee5786]

Who builds a house in a riverbed?

[@emeliealegonero4043]

Great job well done for these boys

[@fangirlsruineverything]

Im happy for them. Do what you can to help yourself

[@dillonwhite3103]

Thank you everyone for stepping up and coming together.. We can overcome account anything of we just have each other's backs❤

[@bride4jesus0126]

Maybe get flood insurance if you live near a river???

[@bloatedtonydanza7798]

With incidences of events like this happening. Their premium would sky rocket at the level the insurance desires. This ppl doesn’t seem rich enough to afford. A monthly or annual payment so high. We’re talking in thousands not hundreds. It’s a house not a car…

[@leoaksil4085]

It's expensive you dum'ss

[@HaggisMuncher-69-420]

Shame that Jesus didn't bless you with an IQ in the double digits with a take like that.

[@yankees29]

Insurance companies won’t even offer coverage to some places that are prone to flooding.

[@yankees29]

@QT-173 it costs a fortune. I live in Long Island near the water. Some can’t get a new policy. I’m not kidding. Unless it’s grandfathered in. It’s almost impossible sometimes because the insurance companies know it’s a lose lose situation for them.

[@grafxgrl8030]

God bless and protect them!

[@xXxtroublebehindxXx]

It wouldve been cheaper to just get the damn flood insurance 😂

[@thetechnicanwithaheart1682]

I just want to make it big announcement actually it's not surprising period of planet Earth is overheating I repeat planet Earth is overheating. Carbon dioxide emissions released by the burning of coal oil and natural gas since the start of the Industrial Revolution has been increasing rapidly over the last 20 to 30 years. The carbon dioxide emissions is a function of a rapid increase in global population. A rapidly increase in global population demands more energy and of course the burning of coal oil and natural gas is that energy. As more carbon dioxide is pushed into the atmosphere on a yearly basis it is accumulating and increasing at an incredible rapid rate. Carbon dioxide regulates I repeat regulates the temperature of the Earth. Some quantity of carbon dioxide even before the start of the Industrial Revolution is in the atmosphere. If carbon dioxide did not exist the entire planet would plunge into a permanent snowball Earth Ice Age. But there is a certain amount of carbon dioxide that makes life unearth habitable. For the last 10,000 years the atmosphere has been stable. It's allowed life on Earth to flourish. But humans are burning ancient carbon dioxide that was released by volcanic activity 55 million years ago to such a huge quantity that it actually pushed Earth into a mass extinction. Humans are burning that coal oil and natural gas and releasing that ancient carbon dioxide. When carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere it makes the atmosphere of warm substantially! However always remember this 90% of all the heat that is in the atmosphere is a thermally forced into the world's oceans. Last year was the highest thermal uptake of heat energy by the world's oceans. Equivalent of 17 * 10 to the 22nd Jewels heat energy or equivalent of five Hiroshima thermal nuclear bombs per second is being absorbed. This is causing water vapor to evaporate an increasing volume into the atmosphere. A warmer more water vapor. The scientific consensus is for every one degree of surface temperature increase, 7% more moisture is evaporated into the global atmosphere. So expect to see larger floods in the future, larger and more intense and possibly deadly heat waves and in certain areas of planet Earth major historic drought. All these conditions that I'm describing were calculated on advanced physics formulas 40 years ago by Chief scientist James Hansen and his support scientist.

[@HaggisMuncher-69-420]

I'm so glad you're in no position of power with an IQ that low.

[@brandynash1409]

I’m from Arkansas. If it’s zoned for flood, you can not get flood insurance. There is a neighborhood where every house is not zoned for flood except one. The people who live there had no idea until after the purchase while getting the house insured.

[@brandonh8557]

People need to focus more on the fact that you can’t get flood insurance cause the insurance already knows it’s a flood plain. Better to build a smaller house not in a flood zone. I bet that land was way cheaper than any place else.

[@joancampa8892]

She say basketball goal ? Lmao

[@PatrickWagz]

Then she calls a "pump" a "generator"....LOL

[@Orlandohaschanged]

Flood insurance is too expensive. All insurance is too expensive tbh. Lol😊

[@KenCunningham-fq4uy]

"FOR THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS FOOLISHNESS TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING."

[@NarvTheMainEvent]

Hilary should hunt for another dress.

[@handsfree1000]

Time to build a substantial wall all round the whole property.

[@bobzelley5100]

Boought a well built house in a flood plane of America's most historic river . Bought it very cheap , and had it lifted with the base level a recreation room with break aay walls. Use a sea ark to get around during floods

[@SL-lz9jr]

Disaster insurance is expensive. Flood insurance, earthquake insurance. Expensive!

[@lsuwreckinshop6782]

Pump not generator

[@MoreJamesSmith]

So how are you going to power that pump when all the electric is out (and believe me, it is, with that amount of flooding)?

[@PatrickWagz]

@@MoreJamesSmith The pump is powered by a gasoline engine. No electricity is involved in running it.

[@tjwash2]

She just said using these generators, which is true, they were using those generators.

[@Ovakill22]

Hillary look good ❤

[@irrelevantideology9640]

So....what happened to the homes of all of the people that helped them protect theirs? Seems odd.

[@eversway7540]

I was interest in seeing how the wall was built. Although I know with sandbags, just curious as to how it was construction. No way I would live in Florida. God bless those that survived.

[@shonuf5152]

Live just a few feet from the river but have no flood insurance?

[@Nonyabusiness911]

I remember this story 5 years ago. Buy flood insurance regardless where you are. It’s cheap compared to the devastation.

[@suesmith776]

If they live by a river, why would they not have flood insurance?

[@davidgoldsmith756]

just remember if you vote for harris youll get $750 in help

[@tronovich]

The water they pump out is going right back it. Keep up the good fight.

[@america1st721]

if you can afford that house, you can afford flood insurance

[@I-canMakeTheGlobeShift]

You notice how many of these flood victims have better lives and homes and resources then many average people who are NOT effected by these floods. Im jus sayin..

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

"I grew up on this creek, seen it out of its banks a thousand times" followed by "we dont have flood insurance" Thats when you kick yourself in the nuts

[@sammyspaniel6054]

As a concrete form carpenter this gives me some ideas.

[@angelamoss8927]

God Bless you all and the wall

[@NaNslx]

So building a concrete wall around the house is cheaper than buying flood insurance? Sure not over the years but as a yearly breakdown...??

[@liza9221]

That’s great they all helped

[@cyberpunkmodels692]

It’s called a water pump not generator.

[@BenLinn]

lol i noticed that too

[@leechjim8023]

Still requires power!

[@PatrickWagz]

@@leechjim8023 The pump is powered by a gasoline engine. No electricity is involved in running it.

[@stevel4997]

@@leechjim8023 It has it's own engine....go crawl back into your cave.

[@whatever8243]

After this I’d be building me a wall around my home

[@jamessmith785]

If you live on a body of water, get flood insurance

[@RuaWaterwalker]

Praying for you from Florida! God bless and stay safe!

[@jublywubly]

Your silly god is not real!

[@RuaWaterwalker]

@jublywubly it may not be to you, but one day...God bless you

[@shanet7511]

Hmmm. maybe flood insurance would be worth the cost🤯

[@niky7197]

How they stopped water seapage... ?

[@michaelodonoghue7464]

If you Sandbag properly, no water gets in and you don’t need pumps.

[@letuswalkinthelightofthelo5350]

How do you sand bag properly?

[@1111Alive_N_Well]

If it rains, how does it keep water from falling on the inside of the wall?? You'd need to have some kind of cover sturdy enough to withstand heavy winds... Sandbags still wouldn't be enough.

[@tjwash2]

In 50 years I've seen thousands of people using sand bags who still suffered water damage

[@ymat5306]

Mrs Patton. Down Patton road his family probably made this generations ago.

[@ceedaddy]

Would have been smarter to build a house up in the air on Pylons than having it sit at damn near water flood level.

[@davidcarruthers5850]

Hilary is beautiful !!!! 😊

[@ivando5372]

what about the sewage coming up from the toilets and sinks

[@ryansempire3886]

That's what we call livin on the river....

[@venessamaxwell8105]

How did you not hear about climate change, greenhouse effect, or the so called End Days that your neighbor talk about all the time. It's should be no surprise. Science is real, Ya'll!

[@erickbad2000]

thats true, there were no floods before global warming

[@VeganDoris]

How did this one family get so many people to help? Didn’t the helpers also have to protect their own homes?

[@problemon]

The entire community help this home and their own is under water! Really!!?

[@jblackwell-eq7br]

No flood insurance???? Talk about rolling the dice!!!! Damn......I could remember worried i was driving on a suspended license!!!

[@Bmhh24781]

My family cannot afford flood insurance. The house was my deceased parents. Not ours. We just lived there with them.

[@johnnylingle9314]

Awesome

[@Merdulac]

God Bless all of them

[@domingonavarro1288]

I think this is the simplest solution. Everyone get yourself together, and do this.

[@MrHarris73]

Did the whole community pitch in to put walls around everyone's house - or just the rich folks in the big house who live near a creek that overflows regularly but have no flood insurance? Asking for a friend.

[@PokeVault8]

Imagine if they had help from the military or national guard

[@DuhPunnyQuan]

💁‍♂️ Can we get an update next week after Milton hits? Do you have flood insurance now? Did those who help build it manage to save their own houses? 👀🤷‍♂️

[@lisathebeautician6489]

It’s protected by a wall, but I wonder if the foundation will become soft

[@ruv4924]

BIG BRAIN

[@starrystarrynight6281]

Can you even get flood insurance?

[@rafman8889]

Don't worry folks trump said global warming is not real and if anything y'all will have beach front property😂

[@StewMain6]

When this is all set and done, the city will say they didn’t get permits for those walls and will get fined

[@GmaticLeon]

I respect the man who doesn't insure and takes measures to protect their home far more than the man who buys flood insurance and does nothing.

[@RickySpanish-RS]

i wonder how many more decades until "intelligent life" learns to prevent loss from natural and consistent events/disaster

[@trinasedgwick7241]

Hopefully, others have learned to take preventive measures and buy flood insurance.

[@n085fs]

If every time you no longer needed sand bags, you dump the sand on the property and lift the house; you'd eventually build high enough to not need any more sand bags.

[@NotSure876]

Dumping sand on a property will lift a house?

[@n085fs]

@@NotSure876 If you lift the house and put the sand under it, yup.

[@NotSure876]

@@n085fs I’m from CA and have only lived in CA, AZ and NM, so lifting a house is a foreign concept to me lol

[@n085fs]

@@NotSure876 My neighbor's house was lifted 8 feet last week, they're pouring a new foundation right now. A company brought in long steel beams and dug under the house as the power, natural gas, and water companies came to disconnect. Then they got about a hundred railroad tie size blocks of lumber and stacked up like Lincoln Logs as the house lifted from jacks. It's quite cool to see.

[@NotSure876]

@@n085fs Damn, that’s wild. I don’t think that would work with most houses here. But we don’t have that kind of weather. We get monsoons, but those , while potentially powerful, only last 10-15 minutes and we only get dangerous ones once or twice a year

[@tjwash2]

Devastating flooding strikes community, lets go interview the people whining about how hard it is, who probably had the least hardship of all, because they could afford hundreds of sand bags, and a generator pumping water away from their fortress mini mansion. Not to mention a protective wall around it, essentially donated to them.

[@ericvonp]

Nice house like that near a creek….no flood insurance. These people don’t deserve to live there.

[@Over-kill1]

Cheaper than a hydro dam

[@TheEvent214]

Damn Hilary Hunt 🔥

[@monikaw1369]

Where are the life jackets? Making me nervous for the family in their boat. Praying for you all.

[@solargod3671]

Only 1-5% people prevent things from damaging themselves.

[@daophan3709]

Boats. Lifes jackets. Whistles.