How do I store my ancient coins..... for a hurricane?

The storm has also sent a lot of moisture towards Florida. It's rained very intensely here in South Florida for the past 3 days, and we are scheduled to have even more rain over the next 3 days. Obviously nothing close to how bad Texas has it, but I'm starting to miss sunlight.

 

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Things just keep looking worse in Houston and coastal Texas. @rrdenarius, I hope you, your family, and your home are safe!

 

Hawkins! .54

 

And here in Ca., we'll be baking for days and days with record breaking/intense heat.

And I dislike heat greatly.

 

Texas the BEATING Heart of America!

 

My company has one of its engineering offices in Houston and the reports coming back are not good. This whole area got hit by a devastating 500-year flood last year and many areas are at or exceeding the high water marks from that event already, and it's still rising.

 

Earthquakes can be just as deadly as typhoons. I think one reason they don't seem so bad to Californians today is because of their strict state building codes.

 

Thanks for your notes. We have had plenty of rain (30+" in 3 days), buy are dry in our home. We have been lucky. A few minutes more of the hard rain (red on weather map) or a shorter slow period with no rain and we would have had water inside. My wife had a friend rescued by boat from the roof of her garage. Our next door neighbors (6 months along in pregnancy) left our 14' elevation neighborhood for his dad's house at 41'. They were boat rescued also and now back home.
Some posts from my facebook page:

water level at peak

tv weather map of street closings, I think a map of open streets would have worked better

our dog did not want to go out in the rain, dark or thunder; here inspecting the water like after day 1; it was higher after day 2, but so far all have drained in rain lulls

of course holding out for days requires comfort food

 

Hope this is not too much off topic for a coin site, but liked this note from a friend:

1. Borrowed from a friend's page: You may see this a lot, but explains why Houston floods and why we stayed. Must reading for folks not in our area.
2. Things non-H...oustonians need to understand:
3. 1. The streets and many of the public parks here are designed to flood. We sit just 35 feet above sea level, and most of the city is as flat as a pool table. We average about 50 inches of rain a year. The streets and parks serve as temporary retention ponds, accommodating slow, steady drainage through our bayous.
4. 2. We average about 50 inches of rain a year, but in the last 48 hours, many areas of greater Houston received 25 to 30 inches of rain. That's six to nine month's worth of rain, in two days. The drainage system, which works well in normal conditions, was overwhelmed. Officials are calling this an "800 year flood": that means there was a one in 800 chance of its occurrence. Even with advance notice, there was little means of preparing for this.
5. 3. It is impossible to evacuate a city the size of Houston. Harris County is 1700+ square miles, with a population of 6.5 million people. How do you evacuate 6.5 million people? During the hours leading to Hurricane Rita's landfall, tens of thousands of Houstonians attempted evacuation. The traffic jams lasted for days. One hundred people died. So far, six Houstonians have died in Hurricane Harvey, all of them (as far as I have heard) drowned in their automobiles. For more than a decade, the local mantra has been "shelter in place and hunker down." That's hard, but it's the right approach.
6. 4. Some outsiders are treating this disaster with schadenfreude: Texans helped elect an anti-big government president, and now we're going to need big government help. Houston is the bluest spot in Texas, and voted Clinton in 2016. Suggesting this is karmic payback for backing Trump is as inaccurate (and offensive) as Pat Robertson's suggestion that Hurricane Katrina was God smiting sinners. We really aren't thinking Red or Blue right now. We are taking a royal beating, all of us. Disasters don't care about ideology.
7. 5. You are going to feel this. Gas prices are going to skyrocket. Oil refined products, everything from PVC pipe to dry cleaning fluid, will rise in price. The stock market will take a hit. New Orleans is a fantastic city, but it's not a major economic force. Houston is the center of the nation's energy industry. It's home to dozens of Fortune 500 companies. And 85% of it is under water. It may be this way for weeks. The aftermath of Katrina captured the world's attention. The aftermath of Harvey is going to grab you by the lapels, and shake you 'til you're cross eyed.
8. To all my family and friends outside of Texas, I am fine so far, and very fortunate that I have electricity, running water, car or house not flooded. I have many friends who have lost some or everything. We are still not out of the woods yet with this thing. Please send positive energy to the people here in Houston and affected cities and towns.
   Much love to all.

 

I bought some civil war bullets for my brother in law. Of course some for me too.



I liked the display box. I have not decided which collection pieces need a similar box.

 

Glad you're ok @rrdenarius !

 

Ditto. Our prayers go out for you and everyone affected by this monster storm.

 

This will be my last Harvey post. I promise the next one will be coin related! It was great to see sunshine just before sunset yesterday!
The area around my bank flooded. I will have to make a trip soon to see how my treasures fared. I may have to store my coins in a bank with a 2nd story.

Our home is dry, but there are many around us that have suffered. We had water in the street in front of our home three times in three days. It is a bad feeling when the water is rising in front of your home, it is raining hard, the weather map has nothing but red and yellow around you and weather forecasters say to expect rain for 4 to 7 days.

Our son lives inside the loop near Hwy 288. He is dry, but streets around him are not. It is not hard to find pictures of the Hwy-288 lake on line. One news report said the water was near the banks of Hwy 288. The road was built as a retention pond in the case of heavy rain, which we have often here

Our daughter lives in the South Shore subdivision in League City (south of Clear Lake). She had experiences similar to ours, but the weather map seemed to show more rain there. Water rose in her street and stopped just short of her garage door. Watching water rise is a reminder that we manage much of our lives, but there are things we do not control.

I say home instead of house in this note. For me, home is where my wife and I stay, and not a building. That said, we have been here at 14' above sea level for 30 years and this building and the people around us have been home to us for a long time.

Our son's girlfriend flooded. She and her daughter waded out and were given rides. She is at our daughter's and they are camping out.

A friend was rescued by boat from her garage roof. Others had to leave their homes due to flooding water.

Our neighbor and his wife, 6 months pregnant, moved from our neighborhood at 14' elevation to his dad's home at 41'. They were rescued by boat and are back next door. Flooding is hard to predict. A 20' storm surge would cover us if it made it past coastal islands and the other restrictions.

 

 

Good luck to you and everyone affected!

We will definitely donate to the relief effort.

John

 

I've been thinking about you @rrdenarius , and I'm very glad to read you are okay. My wife has been coordinating a donation drive for the flood victims - diapers, formula, toiletries etc. We hope the donations help those Texans in need.

 

Alright man, thanks for the update, I was hoping you were doing ok down there.

 

Well, looks like we might be throwing a hurricane party this weekend. At category 5 the party might include picking the coins from the bank in case of flooding, and stashing them in a backpack along with basic necessities and important papers, and going to a shelter.

 

Stay safe and dry @Sallent ! These hurricanes need to chill out!

 

Good luck to you and your family in Cuba as well. This is definitely shaping up to be a rough one. I can't imagine being in its path.

 

Ditto. And lets not forget about our friend and fellow coin collector TIF who lives in the Virgin Islands. She will get hit first. Pray all goes well for her and everyone else in the storm's path.