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Floods / Flash Floods - USA - 2025 Events
DIR By: Steve
Date: July 5, 2025, 12:43 pm
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SUMMARY - Flash floods on July 3rd in the state of Texas has
killed at least 20 people with more reported missing. At least
25 centimeters (10 inches) of rain poured down overnight in
central Kerr County, causing flash flooding of the Guadalupe
River.
NOTE - Flash flooding... Climate Change... How the state of
Texas tends to vote... Must resist...
LINK -
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#Post#: 3898--------------------------------------------------
Re: Floods / Flash Floods - USA - 2025 Events
DIR By: Masked Man
Date: July 5, 2025, 6:06 pm
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I'm a flood victim and although our house is still intact , the
impact of floods and even the aftermath of floods, and future
flooding is colossal and has a huge impact on the human
condition.
It's like being in a war ..a war against nature. Even if one
survives the flood living with that trauma is tough and then it
can happen again. I struggle with when people rebuilt culverts
wrong and they make flooding worse and stuff like that.
I had just a little buit of water in corners of house on the
third.. check how close the culvert came to flooding over in my
footage army corp of civil engineer failed to step up to play
for me to address my post flooding rebuilding concerns...
People rebuild wrong ..they don't know any better..then the
experts who do know about proper construction and civil
engineering are overwhelmed and can't help everybody. so ya get
a mudpie the next small flooding...
There's something called backfill.. its proper sized rocks that
allow water to flow next to the pipes ..that wasn't done here
which is why you might note some hostility in my voice.
Check out my day on July 3 2025 in Appalachian mountains .. that
water is powerful...(some explicit language..viewer discretion
advised)
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Re: Floods / Flash Floods - USA - 2025 Events
DIR By: Masked Man
Date: July 5, 2025, 6:22 pm
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More on the aftermath and rebuilding after floods....
This happened to me on May 12th 2025...
"What I go through everytime It Rains hard Because my Neighbor
Jo&dy Ell*er Doesn't understand the function of "BACKFILL"***
near 625 Jordan V Cook Rd Boone, NC 28607
(some explicit language..viewer discretion advised)
VIDEO:
HTML https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_w4QVNLI2vtmi_iS4hzA-Ypb59JXqhH0/view?usp=sharing
*** CHECK OUT MY VIDEO ATTACHED "What I go through everytime It
Rains hard Because my Neighbor J*edy E*ler Doesn't understand
the function of "BACKFILL"***
I wrote this to my friend the sheriff who usually helps by
referring me to the right people..I also wrote this to my county
and to the Us army corp of civil engineers because after
flooding people need to be educated and rebuild things properly
rather than improperly.
Dear so and so,
I understand you are limited in helping us with this matter but
I wanna share anyway my experiences (No Need to reply)
I bet this happens to a lot of people because people try to
rebuild things but simply do it wrong... It looks like I have to
pursue civil court because according to Army corp of civil
engineer it is grandfathered in (which doesn't make sense to me
because it is essentially functions as a dam with drainage
pipes
Then I wrote an essay or a piece of journalism explaining to
army corp of civil engineers why I think its important they
educate the pub;ic more about rebuilding culverts after
Hurricane Hellene so that the problems I face are less likely to
happen... My neighbor Jo*dy E*ler either doesn't care or simply
doesn't have the capacity to understand why the culvert is
flooding and will continue to flood during heavy rains. He just
piles on more giant rocks having no idea how water runs up about
to enter his own garage past white shed. duh.
Here's my essay for your leisure if these things interest you...
To army corp of civil engineers (after they said my neighbor
doesn't need a permit or anything),
"Here's a reply you can take as you will..I realize you are
limited in
time as who you are able to help and what you are confined to
share
but as free thinker I'll take this opportunity to speak freely
what I
think and you you read it at leisure and decide for yourself if
I am a
fool or off track in my way of thinking insofar as the
community's
challenges go ... keep in mind I respect you and work and this
is no
comment on you personally and has no bearing on the integrity of
the
work and challenges you face Mitchel.. I simply want to talk
freely
about what I think the community 's challenges are in this reply
....
Off the record, allow me to talk freely although it has no
direct
bearing on the work at hand. Think of this as an editorial for a
newspaper column in regards to post Hurricane Helene relief and
reconstruction.
We are dealing with totally untrained people putting culverts
in..
That reality must not be overlooked. It takes a certain
education and
a certain kind of engineering know how to construct something
that
involves the flow of water ..we are dealing with velocity ,
forces
of nature, certain materials and it takes a certain
understanding of
dimension , geometry and physics to design and put these things
in
place. My grandfather was a civil engineer and designed bridges
. One
of the many bridges he helped design was the Arlington memorial
bridge
..you have to go to school for that stuff..
Anyway you got these guys: do gooders and doo it yourselfers
that
come in on a pretty sunny day when the water is low and throw
stuff
together in a matter of hours because they have all this
machinery…
They are landscapers, they do cosmetics ..they don’t understand
the
deeper knowledge required for true culvert design, They are
amateurs.
This is why I think not requiring permits for culverts is big no
no.. that’s gonna backfire because an improperly made object
serves as
weapon in the wrong hands… a building that collapses might as
well
have been a bullet . You know ? an improperly designed bridge
kills
people.. a collapsed building is as bad as an airplane flying
into
it. We know Entire villages have been flooded on purpose and
that is
terrorism..
Let me get back to my point if no permits are required of people
who
install or modify culverts there will major repercussions
because the
permit process alone serves as training and education for a good
percentage of these culvert installers. Without a permit process
my
neighbor created a dam. When he arrives at his vacation home
after a
flood He has no concept of reality.. He can’t understand why
the
rocks fell down his dam. He doesn't realize he’s flooding our
property
and his own . He probably thinks its clogging and wants to cut
down
more trees on our property and he’s angry. He doesn't read about
culverts.. they don’t use levels ..they don’t use proper
material
He doesn’t understand the difference between a dam and a proper
culvert and its functions. They don’t know any better and those
who do
know better sit back overwhelmed I guess so they tell everybody
to
seek legal action.
Okay think about 9/11 w..what if we allowed a bunch of amateurs
or
interior decorators or people rebuild and put up structures
that have
no understanding or permit or even instructions to put up a sky
scraper and then it falls.. we doing just that allowing
community
members who know nothing about waterway channels and nothing
about
back fill whatsoever construct free of instruction or even
guidance
after the hurricane.
Anyway I see lots of good publicity for these agencies that walk
around the creeks and river in their shorts cleaning trash and
getting
their names in the Watauga democrat but the first minute someone
constructs something wrong and starts flooding the river they
are gone…
The biggest thing is the refusal to grasp certain principles of
reality they don’t want to see such as what goes into building
primitive yet highly effective dams. If it is built of the same
materials of a dam and serves and functions to dam the water,
they
refuse to see it for what it truly is ..its a dam and I
shouldn’t have
to prove that in a court of law while neighbor is flooding
several
properties out..it's pretty easy to see and document as Ive
lived here
for over 20 years and walked the creek with my dog every single
days
for twenty years straight. I guess it's where a culvert should
be so
people assume it is a culvert and are seeing an optical illusion
but
it is not I can assure you… It's a dam… throw a few more stones
on top
and it has the exact same dimensions as the big commercial dams
you
come across. The whole creek bed from another area was used and
long
bedrock was placed along the sides of the drainage pipes raising
the
whole table of water … You aren’t allowed to allow dams in this
waterway. The channel of water there is not natural whatsoever
like
the rest of the waterway before and after this dam.
What your agency is dealing with is a whole bunch of people that
know
nothing about civil engineering. You need a program that at
least
provides pointers to those doing heavy construction and altering
the
waterways with mudpie creations… In my opinion you are going to
have
more work ahead for your agency to simply deal with the massive
improper reconstruction done by amateurs. There needs to be
something
in place for those rushing out there reconstructing because bad
reconstruction is worse than no construction at all when the
designs
fail or are not of the proper nature and material. Its not
enough to
refer people to attorneys in my opinion in response to faulty
construction in the waterway. Totally ungoverned construction on
waterways! Yikes! That leads to total Community strife and
fighting
because these aren’t civil engineers I live next to. They don’t
know
as much as you about this."
Later,
The Masked Man
P.S.
My main stress and concern is here...I deal with stress by
simply writing and recording events. I'm not going to take it
out on my stupid neighbor ..I'm not going to take him to
court..I'll take people who aren't doing their jobs to court ..
I will continue to record my concerns and the events until the
army corp of civil engineers gets off their butt to educate us
..
Not sure this guy Mr El*ler is qualified and not only that I am
not sure he has the capacity to understand. Here's a video
that's quite ugly. I would think a typical neighbor would stop
and consult somebody before proceeding with culvert simply out
of respect for the situation..its as if I am dealing with an
incompetent person who can't acknowledge everybody 's best
interests here.. This before the flood while Mr. El*er was
working.. He doesn't respect all parties involved ... all I
wanted him to do was stop and consult professionals..it's a
culvert and if done improperly will cause damage to us... This
is what happens when people proceed to do things without permits
or proper qualification..it causes conflict... This is my only
encounter with Mr. E*ler in representing **** *** estate and
wellbeing. I need help with this guy ..he needs help from family
, church, or third party other than me ... nobody would trust a
guy like this to do culvert work that could prove detrimental to
homes along the water way footage of me asking Jo*dy to stop and
get help with this project..... its called "BACKFILL" and this
culvert doesn't have it and I need backup with this.. somebody
needs to back me up on this...
HTML https://drive.google.com/file/d/11dc_gaw4w6j0mr-9Q8vxdg-snYWaaz3e/view?usp=sharing
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Re: Floods / Flash Floods - USA - 2025 Events
DIR By: Masked Man
Date: July 6, 2025, 12:46 am
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..What gets me the most about all of this is all I gotta do is
get two gutter sized models of a track.. fill one with gravel
insert two pipes and fill the other with mud and pipes and take
a pitcher of water to prove how water flows through the rocks
and pipes to the other side to prove how this works. I
shouldn't have to go to court hire attorneys to show a judge
anything... lol.. if a guy affiliated with the army corp of
civil engineers doesn't have the maturity to teven talk about
"backfill" then he's in the wrong line of work. people are
playing dumb. I need to talk to that guys superior.
#Post#: 3904--------------------------------------------------
Re: Floods / Flash Floods - USA - 2025 Events
DIR By: Steve
Date: July 6, 2025, 3:02 pm
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I sympathize with your situation. I do not live in an area prone
to flooding. My main concern are snowstorms, icy conditions and
(thankfully uncommon) hurricanes. However, with climate change,
anything is possible; That's the whole point of climate change.
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Re: Floods / Flash Floods - USA - 2025 Events
DIR By: Masked Man
Date: July 6, 2025, 8:14 pm
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Thank you...I wasn't hit nearly as hard as those around me... to
me it mirrors a lot of what I feel during the pandemic.. people
are trying to rebuild.. but is the right thing!? will we just
get hit again? and people can't really talk about that because
half of them are rebuilding and full of hope and I'm thinking
maybe don't rebuild but modify ..
I'm different than most and I think "what if it happens again..
Why wouldn't it!?
so there's a lot of conflicts ...we can't tell each other how to
feel... To me its traumatic just like the pandemic and then
there's also probably a lot of inability for people to talk
about it and denial because people try to be normal after that.
Everybody reacts differently to it. For me already having some
house problems its a little like getting bombed .. I can't sleep
wondering if I need to mop if water starts creeping across one
section of the floor and then will it just keep pouring ... We
were pretty lucky but not everybody on my street fared as well
as us (so far) To me all this coincided with virus outbreaks and
so I have been shut off from connecting to my neighbor's or
local society anyway .. I set up boundaries because of covid so
we've kept isolated (I like my boundaries ..I mask and not many
others do so I don't let visit)
when Hurricane Helene hit maybe twenty vehicles/guests were on
my street.. people that had been flooded staying with family I
guess.. I'm a masker so it was scary the whole time I'm thinking
covid is also going to skyrocket and while there weren't many
direct records of people getting sick I found evidence later
that indicated to me lots of North Carolinians have long covid
and disability. So I am thinking they did get sick. Also certain
people live off the grid when it come to wastewater tests ..
there'a a lot rural areas and most people have own septic tanks
so its hard to track rural people'a health.
I don't get out much but when I do I bicycle.. it just seems
like being a round a lot construction.. lots of construction
equipment parked here and there.. along near town and near
campus university some places rebuilt others not ... to me they
should leave what got hit hard and turn it into a green park
area ... but that's just me ,,, its weird looking new businesses
mixed in here and there .. I weave in and out of traffic
through town on bicycle and down sidewalks .. its like a mixed
bag of old and new but full of constructions as well. Its always
been congested with cars near town. I tell ya how it feels it
feels like new businesses come in and try to take advantage and
just sort of cram themselves onto wherever the destruction was
so that to me it looks kind of weird and out of place to see
some of the new construction areas or businesses. To me people
should modify those areas more humbly instead and keep whatever
survived. Its like people are out to make money and I feel there
is too much rebuilding rather than miodifying for the next
flood...I'm sure others will disagree with me but that's how I
feel and how it feels insofar as some of the rebuilding I see. I
think a place should adapt and modify to accommodate the future
of getting flooded again. Learn from it and go with it. Not just
rebuild imprudently possibly even to the detriment of the
buildings and area that survived the flooding path.
I ve heard that lots of people get sick from their wells after a
flooding and septic tanks get washed out too not too mention
people aren't supposed to play in flooded water for many days
because of waterborne diseases.. things damaged by water get
nasty.. many people don't take extra precautions.
..I used to talk to everybody in the past I used to hang out
with whoever came on my street ..I would just walk up and dawn
the road and befriend each and every neighbor but not so in the
past five years...again I'm only speculating and Ive isolated
myself because of the scare of covid I fell out and lost my
relationships with neighbor's for better or worse and the fact
I don't know the people like I used to on this street. That's
just as well for me half the people I knew on my street are gone
and I'm glad to not have to keep up social graces with the
others on my street. To me its for the best because I like my
privacy and I'm a masker.
So that's sort of my experience even though Ive been isolated..
I suspect people are really struggling even though a lot of
rebuilding has been done its just a bunch of businesses by
strangers to me.To me, on the whole people aren't handling
pandemic and virus outbreaks properly and aren't being sensitive
to the pandemic and I suspect it is the same with floods...
Covid scares me for good reason and I don't sleep when its
raining .. flood damage goes far beyond just the physical damage
.. its traumatizing... witnessing a few floods is like seeing
water just take over it blows your mind.. one is completely
powerless around that water.. its heavy man!
I don't see why it won't happen again and again while many other
s probably want to pretend Hurricane Helene and the flooding it
brought only happens ever few hundred years.. I probably should
move.
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