Members Quarter Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Its saddening to lose so much history. Some will be saved, but too many will never sing again. My first thought was like some others in that I wondered who were these fools that thought storing their gear in a flood plane was a good idea. Turns out that is not the case, but that this was some kind of total fluke that might happen every 500 years. The area has never seen anything like this in modern history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Yup...they're called 500 year floods. I mean, it's kinda like saying no one should live in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri or Kentucky because 200 years ago there was a earthquake that changed the course of the Mississippi by many miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Undertaker4 Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Is storing stuff in a flood area not a {censored}ing stupid idea in the first place? If anyone is familiar with downtown Nashville, this is a good picture of the height of the water. As you can see, the river was well outside of its banks and water had flooded the buildings and nearby streets: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d_dave_c Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Yup...they're called 500 year floods.I mean, it's kinda like saying no one should live in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri or Kentucky because 200 years ago there was a earthquake that changed the course of the Mississippi by many miles. It's a regression of the stage level that determines the probability of an event occuring. It's used for lots of things. From a rainfall perspective here, they're calling the storm a 1,000 year event. If you actually reduce the time to when the rainfall started to when it ended, it is statistically a 10,000 year event. Of course it all depends on where you live, and how you break it up. I got about 6.5 inches of rain Saturday and 10.5 inches of rain on Sunday. A guy I know south of here got 8 inches Saturday and 8 inches Sunday. You can look at the two 8 inch rainfalls as two 500-year events, or as one 10,000 year event, because the function is logarithmic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcooper830 Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 I wonder if there's anyone who makes waterproof instrument cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Is storing stuff in a flood area not a {censored}ing stupid idea in the first place? It's not a flood area. This is the second time EVER that area got significant water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigspan Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 My heart goes out to everyone down there. Tragedy in so many ways, let alone the loss of life. Don't let the monday morning quarterbacking piss you off. Some people just can't grasp something like this until they've lived through it themselves. THIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d_dave_c Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 It's not a flood area. This is the second time EVER that area got significant water. Second time in the last 100 years (since 1926/27). There are other documented floods in the 1800's, there just wasn't much to screw up back then. I drove around other areas of Tennessee last week, but I hadn't seen much of the Nashville area till this weekend. It's messed up. I just bought the FEMA GIS flood data, and it definitely got above the mapped 500 year floodplain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricEye Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Sickening..... I'm sure this is pure hindsight, but I would think these places would never store anything on the ground floor... 16 inches of rain in one day is virtually unheard of. I'm a Weather Channel junkie and couldn't believe it when this was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D-log Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Damn... Maybe it wasn't so crazy to consider water-tight hardshell cases... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimtalkbox Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Damn, just sad. I couldn't imagine my guitars being lost, stolen or whatever. I definitely feel for anyone affected, especially a fellow guitar player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelSaulnier Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 If this wasn't so sad... I'd be posting a "throw it in the lake" quip right now. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 Is storing stuff in a flood area not a {censored}ing stupid idea in the first place? like London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members handen Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 THIS IS WORSE THAN WHEN THOSE TERRORISTS BOMBED NEW YORK THAT ONE TIME!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 Pelican makes cases that are waterpoof and will even float. I wonder if their 1700 case would work for a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slave2TheAudio Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 Man, I bet that Goldtop looked great before too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MelloYello Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 Nope, we didn't see it coming. The news said "Heavy Rain" not "A {censored}ing flood!" Man this is awe full.... Hope all works out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CoqBelliqueux Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 Pelican makes cases that are waterpoof and will even float. I wonder if their 1700 case would work for a guitar. With that thing, you can get any guitar that you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 Man this is awe full.... Hope all works out well. I am 100% bee hind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members n9ne Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 For what it's worth......here's a slide show of photos taken at the rehearsal area. Lots of beautiful equipment ruined. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=DN&Dato=20100510&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=5100803&Ref=PH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 What a sad story. I seriously feel for everyone. FWIW - with "global warming" comes an increase in precipitation and water levels. People in some areas of the Australian coast have been told to move because their property will soon be underwater [again]. 2nd FWIW - I've always found traditional "insurance" to be a waste. It's nothing more than a "river of premiums" every Tom, Dick and Harry works to siphon off. And when a claim is legitimate, they find all sorts of reasons not to pay. IMHO the best "insurance" on equipment is to purchase it with a credit card that offers a buyer protection clause. They will reimburse 100% of the loss in instances like this by filing a few simple documents, like the original receipt and a police report about the incident. I've used it several times and it works tons better than "insurance." And there are no premiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigspan Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 Can something like THIS guitar (from that flood-damage slideshow) ever be fixed, short of just replacing the all the cracked wood? http://cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=DN&Date=20100510&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=5100803&Ref=PH&Item=12&Maxw=542&Maxh=352&q=60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scud133 Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 Paisley's stuff: :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlackCat Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 This just makes me want to cry. It' also makes me want to make a Les Paul / pond crack but I'm bigger than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scud133 Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 Musican's Hall of Fame future uncertain another really sad one :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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