Clint Searcy got flooded in TN.

[David King]

I just came across an mimf.com story on our fellow winder Clint Searcy.
He could a use a hand about now..
Musical Instrument Makers Forum - Clint Searcy Needs Our Help After TN Flood! Please read and help!

[automan]

That's a shame but about par for what's going on here in Nashville. My family lucked out. That water stooped about 6' from our back door and it stopped about 20' from the door to my guitar repair shop. I can't believe there isnt more national attention about what's going on here. So far the damage estimate is at $1,500,000,000 and still climbing. The historical damage is impossible to put a price on. Today I got a Dobro in the shop from a Grand Ole Opry player from the 1940s that is in terrible shape but we should be able to get it restored. I know of a guy downtown that lost a 80 year old D'Angelico. You can't replace things like that. Pieces of music history.

If anyone in the Nashville area reads this and have sustained damage to pieces of music history like this, please bring it to my shop. I don't care if you have the money right now to pay for repairs or not. We need to do what we can to save these pieces now, before they get beyond repair. Just use the link in my signature to email me through the website.

Eric

[Mark Hammer]

Which is pretty much why I started this thread: http://music-electronics-forum.com/t19647/

I've only been down your way once, for a couple days this past autumn, but a trip to the Opry House, and lunch with George Gruhn was all it took to convince me of what there was to lose to the flood. It's a lot. You folks have my deepest sympathies. Here's to steady sunshine for a month.

[David Schwab]

I can't believe there isnt more national attention about what's going on here.

Admittedly my family does not watch the news, but I am online every day, and I did not hear about this at all until David posted this! I guess I was here before I was over at MIMF that day.

I just can't imagine what it must be like going through that. Clint's a friend of mine too, so I hope they have a speedy recovery from this mess.

[Possum]

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I was in a flood in Guerneville, CA in the 80's. I lived in a rented water tank house on an estate and luckily only the edge of the massive flood that put the whole town underwater got into my unit. Still a foot of water destroyed all my books sitting on the floor and all my pedals were underwater, and one guitar sitting in muddy water. I did the smart thing and took the pedals to a sink that still had running clean water and submerged them in that until no more muddy water came out of them. Salty river water will destroy anything electronic. Then took them apart and dried the boards as best I could. I let them dry for a month before trying them and they are still working even now but have a layer of silt on the boards. I had to move out of there the stink of muddy water and ruined drywall destroyed the first floor. I got flown out in a giant Army helicopter with a bunch of others and we flew over the town that looked like it was sitting in a lake, amazing sight. I was evicted and had no place to go, but a friend put me up in their house for awhile and the Red Cross helped me with a month's rent and security so I could move into town, they saved my ass. For months afterwards, anytime it would rain hard I would get real nervous about it no matter where I was. Clint should find where the Red Cross is setting up shop and see what they can help him with, is his best shot. It looks like there's not much damage in the photos I saw but there will be massive work to fix all that stuff and get the stink of rotting molding walls and floors out of there. Not fun.