ted gerlach

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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 4 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 k2500 suburban gone, 90% the new gm parts i had are gone, house has settled and there are some cracks in door frames and cealing, 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, yesterday with help i was able to drag out the 56ford from the garage, threw most of it out, need more work taking sheet rock and insulation off walls, 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

FSTFBDY

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Damn, glad you, wife and kids are OK. If I was local is come help man. Sorry to hear about all your losses.

IROCgiraffe

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sorry for your losses...

ryn28

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That Sucks!!

My dads house had water to the ceiling of the basement and about 4" or more on the first floor. I keep the Camaro in his garage and water got so high in there I found water in the ashtray. I haven't had any time to really look it over or anything yet but I think it's totaled and this is the first car I ever owned

FireDemonSiC

My condolences go out to anyone affected by hurricane Sandy in this manner.

I live in VA and while we didn't get hit bad over here, I was FULLY prepared to crank the motor in my Z and brave the storm to get to high ground in the event of a flood.

beths91camaro

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Ted, glad you and the family made it out safely. Don't know how much help we can be over in PA, but let me know if there is a way we can help.
Bethany

Mlanzo

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Hey man, Im in Jersey as well. Where exactly are you? We just got power back this weekend.

TVIROCZ

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Sorry for your losses, hope everything turns out ok and you get back on your feet fast. I only lost power for a few days and I thought that was bad however I always thought of the people who lost everything and I found out someone I work with lost basically lost everything.

camarito

we were lucky here in north Jersey not much rain just wind, lost power overnight that was it and im almost positive they shut it down on porpose to protect the transformers, that was a good move.

lonestar7

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Sorry to hear about the your losses, my heart goes out to everyone effected. Next pay check I plan to send a donation, looking into the best way to do it. I want to make sure the money all goes to people effected by Sandy and nowhere else.

rarebmx

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Ted, so sorry to hear of your losses. Life can deal some bad hands but you have the whole family safe and that counts for all of it. I know personally how these natural disasters can cripple people and in time things get better. We lost family in the Joplin tornado and it is a hard road but count you blessings of what you still have and time will tell next moves. I wishy were closer, I would come help and hopefully people will be there for you.

Phenom-1

Good to hear your alright, I wish we had gotten some of Sandy, its been near 100 degrees here in Los Angeles

budfreak1

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Any updates? Sorry to hear of the losses Ted, but at least your all ok. Wish I could come help you out, but it's just too far when you don't have any money or a dependable vehicle, since my truck needs a wiring issue figured out.

punkmaster98

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sorry about your loss. Im in Manalapan, Let me know if I can help

ted gerlach

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up date, as far as parts and my tools go they are just in a pile more worried about saving the house ... dont want mold was able to pick up some heaters and fans and try to get things dryed out. all sheetrock , insulation sub floor and anything wet was removed and tossed out from whats called living space... still need to remove most of the sheetrock from the garage there is just parts and tools everywhere, insurance told me it will be 30 days before i get payed on my suburban and 40 days before they pay off the yukon and send us whats left over so i can use it to get the wife another one, what a pain in the ***, wife has been really upset, almost out of money, credit cards are maxed and she lost all of the kids christmas gifts she allready bought, we will make it but its looking like i will not be able to live in the house for 5 months,
a fellow third gen nut from another state sent me a gift card for home depo, and another member who stopped to help picked up some plastic totes garbage bags, plastic gloves and work gloves boy what a help that was, and dont forget my dads house we have not been allowed to see it yet its in ortley beach, not sure what we will find when we are able to go over there, i know i am just a small fish in a big pond but its horrible, mostly for the kids, play tools, all of the beach stuff, the buggie and all buckets, shovels, rakes ect.., my cars, tools and some of the parts lost can be found again but the kids lost all the old steel tonka toys that were mine as a kid. and the other little things like the kids little tikes picknic table, squrit guns, the really big thind is the swing set, in time it will all be replaced, just like the tools.
any help world be great still have alot of clean out garage and mobile attic and i have not touched all the crap thats all over the backyard that washed up, got a full 2 days the clean the back \yard but thats the last thing on the list of what needs to get done,
i am located in toms river new jersey
any and all help welcome. even if its just moral support,

Phenom-1

We're with ya all the way bud we know you can do it.

Street Lethal

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Count your blessings, we know of quite a few people in Howard Beach alone that went to try and move their cars from the street to the higher driveways to save them from being destroyed entirely because they had about three to four feet of water covering them when the wind suddenly knocked down some power lines and they all got electrocuted and died. Homes and cars can be replaced, but people can't be, so consider yourself lucky...

ted gerlach

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i know i am lucky to be here as well as my dad who was in the attic in ortley beach as he watched a house floated by and hit my impala ss push it down and went over top of it destroying the roof, it just the kids are all upset and its not going to be fun living where ever we can for the next 7 months or longer

iroc_you

i sure wish i had the money to spare id be up to help ya out man,i'll keep you and your family in my thoughts we got hit with snow here caused by sandy some places got 30 inches

ted gerlach

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everyday is a new day and one day closer to getting back in house,
looks like we are trying for march.

IROCZ1989

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Hope everything is looking up on the new years eve. Hope everything is going in the right direction for you and your family. Please keep us updated. Take care.

ted gerlach

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update on house and living arrangements,
on house electrical contractor came in and started to remove all of the bad wiring and sockets, cant go any further until the furnace is in, cant do furnace until floor fixed cant do floor until water turned off and pipes removed, so at a stand still, but over last weekend we did remove the bad wood around garage doors we did not know we had and replaced both garage doors
living arrangements, wife and 4 kids are in a Holiday inn i am sleeping on a couch, due to room rules,
also have news that i will put in a new post

Duane's 91 Z/28

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Bummer Ted, I just found out what happened to you and your family. I'm glad you made it through unhurt. I can't imagine what you went through when the storm was raging. God bless you and your family and hope you can get back into your home really soon.

smokefan

good luck Ted. Wish i lived closer to help you out there.

ted gerlach

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looks like 2 more months before its possible to move back in and the house will only be liveable up stairs but at least i can work on it and stay not drive 20 minutes to take a shower and go to bed,

ted gerlach

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just a little up date we are moved back in but only upstairs down stairs not done yet but we are getting there, insulation up, sheet rock up and spackle work done just waiting on paint to get here as soon as thats done not sure of next step, carpet then doors or doors then carpet,

smokefan

Glad to hear your making progress

beths91camaro

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Glad to hear it's coming along for you.

ted gerlach

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thanks,, well garage has 2 coats of primer and downstairs bathroom got 2 coats of primer and first coat of paint, hope to have second coat on then get the sink and toilet back in, this week going to order all doors, its slow going but learning alot,

beths91camaro

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We bought and are remodeling a 2800 sq ft Victorian- it's amazing how much you do learn, especially doing it yourself. Wish I lived closer- I'm really good painting- I've done it all myself in our house.

ted gerlach

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getting there, couple minor set backs.. township with the outside yard gave me some crap about the car parts, flooded furniture as well as the 3 foot high grass in back yard, well with some help and 2 days worth of time that could have been spent inside its all clean.
back top update on house, 4 of the 6 doors are installed, the garage fire door and the furnace doors both had to be ordered and they are 6 weeks out been 4 weeks now,
electrical is 96% done, need to have outside lights installed around back sliding door and drop down light for the front door, and a hard wired it smoke & carbon detector upstairs, need to be code compliant
all paint has been done downstairs and garage, now working on all trim work, and painting what doors that have been installed, need to pick out door handles yet, insurance company told us to clean them, that's not gonna to work,
plumber is complete done with everything he needed to due,
now we need to start looking at carpet, not yet but soon, will wait 2 more weeks until the doors are all in and all trim work and paint work is completed,
have landscape company coming to grade the front and side for now, and replace the stones. Carls fencing is coming in the next 4 weeks to install the new fence and gates as well as the railing for the front steps, that will complete the rt side of the yard for now, still want to put some bushes in but they will need to wait until next year,
then we move on the the driveway and garage floor, and left side of the yard, figure 2 more months it should all be done completely,
then the really fun stuff happens, shopping for furniture.. thank god its not much, so it will take close to 1 year but now i know everything is new and done the way we wanted it,

ted gerlach

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just an update.
house is almost done, i can taste it its so close,
still need to buy a tv and a tv stand, sons bed room set has been ordered and will be delivered on saturday, need some minor touch ups on the walls and some minor paint work. in the house, still need to fix a couple things in the garage but that can wait for now inside is more important.

86FyrBrd

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Great news! Glad things have fallen back into order a lil bit.

ted gerlach

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just an update,
on house, its in the 97% area, still need to put some tile in downs stairs bathroom, as well as some trim work and grout the shower tiles, then its finished, still need to lay down the stick on tile and move washer and dryer into place, fill some nail holes in trim and touch up the paint that makes the inside of the house done, have all furniture, and i did a brake job for the neighbor and he gave me his old 50 inch flat tv, don't care about age it works so i am happy, this winter i am going to set the garage up and fix the minor mistake that was made,

for now i still have the 91 hardtop z28 i was working on before the storm got some help from a couple friends and they started a fire under my *** on it, so i have been working on it, unfortunately i lost 60% of the interior since it was in garage but i did have the seats in the car going to start looking for what i need to finish it, but also on fence about selling it,

going to be going through all the stored boxes and find out what nos pontiac and camaro stuff i have left i think its time to start getting rid of what i don't need and good chance will never use, even have some nos slp goodies in the mix,

but on a different note family is well and youngest son is doing better but still afraid of the rain in the dark. for all that don't know i tried to leave [ only a couple inch of water they said.... 5 feet later] he was on my shoulder when i got pinned between a car and the oil tank that floated up in the storm was stuck for almost 2 hours before i was able to get free [ cracked ... broke 2 ribs in the fight with oil tank ], was just a bit to much for him to handle, he just needs more time that's what the doc's all say,

C-Titan

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Hey Ted! Happy to hear you and your family are getting back to a better "normal" life again!! I truly hope you and yours had a blessed Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!!! If you need any help with that 91 Z28, feel free to hit me up and I'll bring by my 91 Z28 - it'll be great!!! I'm just a bridge a way my friend... So I Hope everyone is staying warm on this artic night and be well Ted and Family - we're all still constantly wishing you the best on your journey.