Texas Man Buys Dam Online To Protect Home From Flooding, And It Worked

[vellavu]

http://gizmodo.com/texas-man-buys-dam-online-to-protect-home-from-flooding-1781817271

As thousands were evacuated across multiple counties in Texas due to horrible flooding, one man and his family are living high and dry thanks to something he bought on the internet.

Randy Wagner, a resident of Rosharon in Brazoria County, took a chance on a product he found online called an AquaDam, which the site claims is the “world’s largest water filled cofferdam.”

Wagner told KHOU of Houston that he traveled to Louisiana to purchase the dam, and that it took him and two other men a few hours to fill up the 400 feet of 30 inch high tubes made of plastic and fabric with water.

“To not know what that level was going to stop at, I needed to prepare for something that no one has seen,” said Wagner.

 

[Skanky Vamp]

That's awesome!! really great idea.

 

[brinkster130]

Bet that's the best 8k he's spent.

 

[GwenRaiden]

That's dam clever.

 

[Buffy Summers]

I'm surprised the walls didn't need to be higher.

 

[Skanky Vamp]

That was my thought, but the walls do look larger upon closer inspection. Contained within this link is a video so you can better see it.

It reminds me of this song

 

[brinkster130]

I wonder if he got some sort of flood insurance rebate. If he didn't this year, he should ask for one for next year.

 

[Buffy Summers]

Yeah they should pay for his dam, definitely.

 

[Skanky Vamp]

dam right they should! They he could give tours!!!

 

[ILLYRIAN]

I doubt he would get much off his house insurance, mainly because the dam is not a fixture.

 

[Buffy Summers]

No, we're saying because he didn't have to put through a claim while everyone else in his area did.

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