[Shotimes] dewatering procedures

[Shylo McKinsey]

Hmmmm...I suppose that this lot is built on or near
Hampton Roads... Either way...it's on base right? Cuz
you know how Uncle Sam can design things...

Shylo McKinsey

'91 White MTX

--- Jason Hartberger <at3hartberger@mail.com> wrote:
> turns out it wasn't hooligans with hoses, it was bad
> planning. The parking
> lot flooded due to inadequate drainage and flooded
> every car that wasn't an
> SUV with it. I'm planning on killing somebody, or
> more likely pursuing some
> litigation. I think my tranny's near shot, and it's
> absolute bullshit that
> I'm forced to park my car in a spot that destroys it
> every time it freakin'
> rains. I'm not allowed to park it anywhere else. I'm
> pretty sure I'm gonna
> have to involve the insurance company in this; the
> carpet is shot; there's
> already mold growing on the back window... I took
> all the carpet out, but
> it's crap that I have to do this in the first place.
> Over 60 cars by my
> latest count have been completely flooded out, with
> damage totalling in the
> hundreds of thousands, all because some f#%)*#$
> moron couldn't install a
> f#$*)@% drain in the parking lot.
> 
> sorry for the rant; I'm pissed.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick Glass" <rick@pitroadproducts.com>
> To: "Jason Hartberger" <at3hartberger@mail.com>;
> "Shotimes Mailing List"
> <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 5:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] dewatering procedures
> 
> 
> > Time to remove the seats, carpet pad and
> everything that could absorb and
> > hold water, hang carpet and pad over a fence (hope
> t don't rain) so that
> it
> > can dry out, take the shop vac to every thing in
> triplicate followed with
> > hair dryer or heat gun (be careful with the heat
> gun, fire and melting
> could
> > occur)...other than that, just wait it out....
> > I'm not sure about the exhaust water cannon, they
> must have stuck the ose
> > hose in the exhaust, lucky you...gravity didn't
> let it get to the block.
> >
> >
> > Rick Glass
> >    Nashville, TN
> >    SESHOC
> > '99 Silver ...now 52k...(these freakin' things add
> up fast )
> >    Flowmaster Original 40's
> >    no "pre-muff/no resonator
> >    will be Kirk'd in August
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Jason Hartberger" <at3hartberger@mail.com>
> > To: "Shotimes Mailing List"
> <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 8:40 PM
> > Subject: [Shotimes] dewatering procedures
> >
> >
> > > It appears that some hooligans last night
> decided to stick a water hose
> > into a
> > > few cars and flood the insides of them with
> water during a rainstorm,
> mine
> > > included. about 10 cars were hit. I had about an
> inch and a half in my
> > > interior. My question is: what's the best way to
> dewater an inside? I
> got
> > the
> > > great majority with a car vac and lots of
> patience, but it's still damp.
> > It's
> > > definitely gonna mold up if I don't do anything
> about it. Is there
> > anything I
> > > can do to prevent this?
> > >
> > > No, my windows weren't down. Neither were
> anybody else's. I don't know
> how
> > > they did it, but my everything got entirely
> soaked... I'm having the
> same
> > O/D
> > > issues Christina was having earlier, my car was
> dripping wet at 3 PM,
> when
> > I
> > > went to get, uh, my oil changed. *sigh* why does
> this always happen? it
> > never
> > > fails. When I started it up, the exhaust shot
> out a 6 foot tail of water
> > and
> > > the transmission made a really weird noise... a
> high whine commensurate
> > with
> > > the engine rpm. it went away.
> > >
> > > So, once again, anybody know a good way to dry
> out an entire car's worth
> > of
> > > carpet before mold sets in?
> > >
> > > On the upshot, it really needed to be washed
> anyway!
> > >
> > > Jason
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