Hello from the deep south
 

What's up guys?!?!

For those of you that don't know me, my name is Jake. I have a '72 Malibu restomod.

Here is a pic:

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/z.../PIC_0024b.jpg

Hi Jake,welcome.:) Now this is a nice place,they are even trying to get waving smilies for me.

Hello Highway Star!!! welcome....

Welcome Jake :D

Hey Jake, welcome to the site

jeff

Hi Jake, welcome to the other Chevelle site. Or is this the other - other Chevelle site? Whatever, glad to have you.

Thanks guys.

I just got home from work...the first place I went was to the garage...there is water all over the place. That is where my Chevelle lives when she's not breathing fire all over the local backroads.

A leak, rain, melting snow, what's up?

EDIT: No, probably not snow where you live.

We got PELTED with rain today. The guy that lives behind me...his back yard doesn't drain very well. Wait, I take that back...it drains very well, RIGHT IN TO MY GARAGE!!! It is detached, and almost against the back of my property line. When we get hit hard with rain, it is like nothing you've seen before. I am from "up north", as they say around here, and it is no big deal to the locals. We broke the December rainfall monthly total for all of recorded history like two weeks ago.

It will dry out, it just burns me up sometimes.:D

That sucks,buddy. With the weather you have,it will be dry tonight.

Better than 2 feet of snow. Maybe I shouldn't say that, 1" of rain here is a lot, don't know what kind of rain you get.

Wow! I didn't realize that was you, Jeff. What's happenin'?

Thanks bud. ;)

We've had about fifteen inches of rain. I think an inch of rain equals a foot of snow.

http://water.weather.gov/index_nonjs...TE&loc=stateLA


I just realized that there actually is a multi-quote button over there. Sorry.:confused:

Changed my name over here, not really even sure why, I may just have to have Grumpy change it back so people recognize who it is.

Bummer about the garage, I can relate. Every year in spring my shop floods from the snow melt because the concrete pitches right to the garage and up against the door which allows it to seep by. I've already taken out over 200 gallons of water in a morning from an overnight melt and rain. Tore out all the concrete this year and repoured everything with all of it pitched correctly now, so I am praying I eliminated the problem or at least slowed it downa whole lot.

Jeff

In order to keep the water out of mine, I'd need a wicked intricate drainage system and about two feet of concrete poured over the top of it. The water table is so high that any significant rainfall causes surface flooding. Just the other day I was watching water flow OUT of the storm drains onto the streets in my neighborhood. :eek:

I can't imagine 15" of rain, like I said 1" in 24 hrs is a lot for us. I'm lucky though, my driveway slopes away from the garage, then the ground drops another 4'. The back of my yard is close to 5' lower than around the house and keeps going down from there into the neighbors yard. No drainage problems here.

Hi Jake ,welcome .

Welcome Jake...