first day metal detecting

[Runningwolf]

James it's funny you just mentioned about all the buildings being raised. I just watched a show on HGTV where the couple was looking to be a beach house in Galveston and I noticed all the buildings were raised up. It sure did look different. Does the tide get that high or is it for hurricanes? Certainly none of those houses would stand up to a hurricane.

 

[jamesngalveston]

Runningwolf.. those raised houses, like mine are to keep the tides from flooding druing a hurricane.
I am close to the water, all three of my houses were sitting on 6-0 pilings before hurricane Ike...I had 11-0 foot of tide at my house, in my house, around my house..I had 5-0 of water inside the houses.My truck was upside down, my jeep was in the neighbors kitchen and my boat was stuck in a pine tree.
Now...each, has been raised to 14.9 to the front door step. That was a requirement from Fema, you could not rebuild unless you did this.
I have no mortgage payment and fema still made me do this.
Yes they are funny looking, and no...no house is safe in a hurricane.
Now get this....the tide from ike,,,it took 20 minutes to come up to 17-0 it took 2 minutes for it to empty back into the ocean...one giant toliet flush....