In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, Steel wrote:

I don't know if you have heard...we had a huge storm up here in Washington.  Unfortunately, My house got completely flooded...Not knee deep water...The entire first floor was completely submerged.
 

Because of inadequate drainage where I live, myself and my neighbor recieved 10 feet of water in about 6 hours after a levee broke.  Most places that flooded did so because of a river...so the water rose, then fell, and they could get back in.

 

There is no drainage in our yard so we are currently waiting for the water to drain into the ground, which is the only way it will recede.

 

My wife and I (with our 3 week old baby) were able to get out of the house fine with necessities, but our car along with my electronics projects and everything else in the basement/garage/hallway was completely submerged in the water  :(

 

So after 4 days, the water has gone down to 2 1/2 feet.  We are not able to go into the house yet, because the gas tank of the car has emptied into the house and the fumes are too strong to enter.  (That with septic floating around isnt a very pleasant experience...)

 

I am hoping that by Sunday, I am able to enter our house again.

 

I am wondering if anything survived.  

 

I have an SX-28 development kit and a project with the SX on.  I guess the reason why I wrote this thread is because at the moment I am really curious as to if it survived or not...

 

Anybody have any flooded electronics labs before?  Any suggestions on what to try to salvage?  

 

I am currently trying to get the video off of my video camera and onto my computer so I can put it on the net...it is really phenomenal...watching water rise up 4 feet in 45 minutes...and up to 10 feet 4 hours later...

 

Shaun

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