Flooding in Louisiana

[swordds]

My apartment and my Moto Guzzi didn't flood, but my Suzuki TU250X happened to be at the motorcycle shop getting a tire repaired and the shop (and my Suzuki) flooded. Insignificant compared to the suffering of many, many others but still  - bummer for me.

[canuguzzi]

The shop's  business insurance takes care of it , hopefully. Was the bike submerged or is it just stuck in the shop with no access?

Hope it all works out for you.

[jbell]

Swordds, glad to hear you are basically okay.  After the freaky weather (double digit rainfall) this past year, I bought flood insurance for my house even though I'm not in a flood plain.  $300.

[swordds]

The shop told me that the bike was flooded, they had over three feet of water in the shop and they are draining and flushing and changing fluids on several dozen motorcycles including mine, so time will tell. At least this was a fresh water flood. We flooded severely during hurricane Katrina so I feel their pain. And they are a small "MA and PA" type shop.  I have always believed that if you lived in Louisiana you should have flood insurance and having flood insurance felt like a life saver to us after Katrina, but not everyone is required to have it and many don't. This shop may not, I  don't know.  It is a small bike and like I said, insignificant compared to others, even almost funny, and the great news is it wasn't my Moto Guzzi!

[canuguzzi]

Hope for the best for ya. If they have good techs maybe they will be successful in making the bike right.

Yeah, would be the crapper if it was the MG.

Our rain damage isn't nearly as bad as you guys have it but foundations sliding out from under homes and on the coast whole apartment buildings condemned because sea walls weren't built. It was the average folks getting slammed with no place to live.

[Sheepdog]

We got a bit of water here in Waldheim, but our farm is high and dry. No so in many surrounding communities, however. Many neighbors affected...

[ohiorider]

We got a bit of water here in Waldheim, but our farm is high and dry. No so in many surrounding communities, however. Many neighbors affected...

Sheepdog .... glad to read that you're 'high and dry!'  I know how much you love your Bonneville and Guzzi cruiser.  I'm sorry for your neighbors' plight. 

Bob

[Charles in Lake Charles]

While we got very little rain, I-10 at Texas-Louisiana border is closed.
http://www.americanpress.com/2016-03-15-Bridge-flood

[Roach Carver]

Sorry to hear it. I lived in NO for 3 years and survived Katrina. Lost pretty much everything I owned including a nice xs650 but for some reason I still miss that area. I would move back in a heartbeat if I could get my wife on board with the idea. Hopefully they can get your bike sorted.