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Old 11-01-2012, 02:13 PM   #1
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all most everything including the house,

well guys i was able to save my blue 91 z28 the big trailer and the silverado ss and thats it, its just me , wife and kids from now, house is a mess, need help to salvage whats left but there is not much, whats lost
72 monte carlo , 63 impala ss and 96 impala ss all got 7 feet of water and the impala is in a pic with the trunk opened in ortley beach picture 24 on the app.com and everything in the ortley hose is gone just my dad made it out after a night of hell in the attic, at my moms house the was 4 inches of water in the 04 z06 corvette [ possibly totaled] and 6 inches in the garage but the good news is we have power,
my house 5 feet in house 7 feet outside, need to move many parts out the the garage and make piles of scrap and what might be salvagable, 08 yukon denail total loss, 96 2500 suburban gone, most of the new gm parts i had are gone, house is sinking on one cornner so i am going to need help fast also the oil tank rolled over almost pinned me with my son on my shoulders as we tryed to escape in 5 feet of flood water, i still smell like heating oil, today was the first day i was able to get up on a computer the pictures i see are unreal almost looking fake at times,
here is my cell 1-732-330-5508
any and all help welcome, there is a pizza joint open will feed anyone willing to help

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Old 11-01-2012, 02:36 PM   #2
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Sorry to hear that, Ted. I wish I was closer to give a helping hand.
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Old 11-01-2012, 02:44 PM   #3
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Wow. There isn't much to say about this except I'm sorry for what happened. Sounds like you had some very close calls but thankfully no one was hurt or worse. I assume you had insurance on these items so hopefully that provides some small ray of light on things. If I was in a better situation, I would come and help. Good luck picking up all the pieces.
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Old 11-01-2012, 03:45 PM   #4
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Holy crap Ted! Screw the cars and stuff glad you and the fam are ok!
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Old 11-01-2012, 04:47 PM   #5
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Sorry to hear about your situation. These are some bad times...
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Old 11-01-2012, 07:26 PM   #6
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flood on house not contents, full coverage on the suburban and yukon denali. everything else is a wash...ha ha.. i am sore and hirting, i have take 8 showers now and the smell is finaly starting to go away, but my chest and rt leg hirt but no time to stop,
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Old 11-01-2012, 08:29 PM   #7
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Damn Ted. So sorry for everything you lost but at least you and your family are alright. Found the pic of your car from the app article...

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Old 11-02-2012, 01:37 AM   #8
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yes thats the car and just up the road a bit there are 2 trees thats where my dads house is and is you look to the right in the pics all you see is red rocks, the house thats there the guy bought 5 months ago for $450k and put almost $120k into it just finnished it the end of last month, have not seen pic's yet but its got to be bad,
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Old 11-02-2012, 05:02 AM   #9
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I'm sorry, that is awful.
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Old 11-02-2012, 07:22 AM   #10
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Is there a link to the app.com article? Ted, are the roads passible for anyone willing to come down and help?
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Old 11-02-2012, 08:02 AM   #11
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Hopefully I will see you saturday
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Old 11-02-2012, 09:40 AM   #12
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Ted,

WOW!

Glad you and family are safe!

From there everything else is secondary.

Will call you later to see what help you have lined up.

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Old 11-02-2012, 08:45 PM   #13
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I have seen the destruction and the emotional draining ted is going through. I have done as much as I can to help him anyway I can. Most of us have either done business or met ted and know the kind of guy he is. I have had the pleasure of not only having him as one of my best friends but also someone I could turn to to do business with and be confident in what I was getting. All of us that can should try to help ted and his family in this difficult time. I know some of us have including myself. I got lucky but one of best friends is in a time of greatest need. And I know ted has helped a lot of us in one way or another. Its time to return the favor for a member and friend in need
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Old 11-02-2012, 10:32 PM   #14
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holy crap man thats terrible! sadly i knew we'd see some of the club members cars destroyed since this storm was so big
is that where u left the car parked or where it wound up? Those Impalas have a sweet spot in my heart!
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Old 11-02-2012, 10:40 PM   #15
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man, im so sorry you guys lost so much. atleast that stuff is replaceable, your family isnt. good luck man. my prayers are with you guys.
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Old 11-03-2012, 04:53 AM   #16
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i still have not nor has the wife started to understand the magatude of what just happened, but 20 yeas of collecting parts and 90% gone, lost gm parts for f-bodys as well and my 72 monte carlo, [ my high school car ] and very hard to find parts for the 56 ford [ his high school car ] of my dads all new parts still in the boxes gone,
if anyone knows a place i can take a 56 ford the engine is full to the carb with water, this is the only car i really want to save from my house
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Old 11-03-2012, 07:25 AM   #17
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I really don't know what to say. I want to say hang in there, but I'm sure it's not enough. When gas becomes more available, and things settle down I'd like to help out. Maybe we can get a group organized and all head down together?
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Old 11-03-2012, 09:59 AM   #18
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Ted, try and give us a good update on what's going on. Can people get in to where your house is? What roads are impassible? What kind of help are you looking for? Is your house and garage safe for people to be going into?
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Seen all of these cars...the monte was real nice....fathers zo6 was perfect. Please give us an update on the roads and accessibility ted. I'm still tending to issues at my house but should be available later in the wk to help out.
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Old 11-03-2012, 06:57 PM   #20
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i still have not nor has the wife started to understand the magatude of what just happened, but 20 yeas of collecting parts and 90% gone, lost gm parts for f-bodys as well and my 72 monte carlo, [ my high school car ] and very hard to find parts for the 56 ford [ his high school car ] of my dads all new parts still in the boxes gone,
if anyone knows a place i can take a 56 ford the engine is full to the carb with water, this is the only car i really want to save from my house
You can keep the Ford at my place for at least 6 months, no charge of course.
email me at jr98ls1@yahoo.com . I'm in PA Falls Twp.
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All the roads to teds are passable. The house is safe to be in it just has flood damage
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Old 11-03-2012, 08:23 PM   #22
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yes we can get gas, and roads are open, garage was halfway cleaned out today, dragged 56 ford out today with somehelp, got some of the sheet rock cut back and insulation pulled out, need to clean out the other side of the garage [ remove the sheet rock ] and empty the mobile attic, also need to move out the washer and dryer and remove the sheet rock from there as well,
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Old 11-03-2012, 08:25 PM   #23
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also wanted to thank everyone that came today for there help and most of all support even if you did not fell like you did much just being there ment so much,
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Old 11-05-2012, 05:37 AM   #24
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got more help yesterday, still need to get bathroom and front bedroom cleaned out at all sheetrock down. also still need to clean out other half of garage and pod, going to get as much done over the next 2 days more rain on the way,
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Old 11-05-2012, 12:37 PM   #25
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ted glad to see you bonnie and the kids are ok and nothing serious injury wise happened to you guys. you guys are tough and can get through it, ive known you for years and i know you can. this is the first time im getting on the internet so when you get a little more straigtened out give me a call to see what i can do to help you.
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