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Mad John · 15th March 2010

I have no strength to make a long story about this.

Saturday night was a horrible storm with over 50 mph winds here in New York! Our power went out about 5:30 PM and just came on five minutes ago, 8:00 PM Sunday.

My wife was out working and I was watching my young children. We had no power lights or heat. My wife got back a couple of hours early and I ended up going down to my studio on the first floor to do something..it was about 1:00 am. I shot my flashlight down the hallway of the studio and noticed a glare? I did not know what that was until I got closer. It was WATER!! 6 INCHES OF WATER IN EVERY ROOM OF THE STUDIO!

I walked into the control room and my REDDI was submerged underwater..I screamed in panic as I reached for it, picked it up and watched all the water pour out of it's vents. I had a tube REPLEX also swimming near by. All of my precious guitar pedals were in the same situation. All my cables, Tripp power conditioners, power amp to my Trident 65 console, Magomi cables, brand new DW drum set, 10 guitars including my best guitar, 1969 Les Paul Black Beauty, 1954 Gibson 175 , 1947 Martin 00-17 , 1976 Martin 12 string, strats, Tele, two Fender P Bass's, etc.

I am so depressed, I can barley get these words out my friends..I have not really sleeped since last night and there is still so much to do.

This is a one man run studio that took me the last 12 years to slowly build with money that my wife and I had to truly scrape for all destroyed in a matter of a few hours.

We have a sump pump that failed and that is what caused the problem. We were able to use the power from the other side of the house with an extension chord we got the pump to work this mourning and it got 6 inches of water out from the floors in about 28 minutes! However the damage is done and I have to take in account what the damages are. We have no insurance so we are really in the hole!

Any help with information of equipment that has been exposed to water like this would be appreciated!

I do not know if I will be around much here for a while, but I wanted to thank you all for the great help and info all the years that I have been here! I really love you guys from the bottom of my heart!!

15th March 2010	#1
Mad John Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Bedford, New York Posts: 905 Thread Starter	Zythum Studios Destroyed in Flood - I am wiped out! I have no strength to make a long story about this. Saturday night was a horrible storm with over 50 mph winds here in New York! Our power went out about 5:30 PM and just came on five minutes ago, 8:00 PM Sunday. My wife was out working and I was watching my young children. We had no power lights or heat. My wife got back a couple of hours early and I ended up going down to my studio on the first floor to do something..it was about 1:00 am. I shot my flashlight down the hallway of the studio and noticed a glare? I did not know what that was until I got closer. It was WATER!! 6 INCHES OF WATER IN EVERY ROOM OF THE STUDIO! I walked into the control room and my REDDI was submerged underwater..I screamed in panic as I reached for it, picked it up and watched all the water pour out of it's vents. I had a tube REPLEX also swimming near by. All of my precious guitar pedals were in the same situation. All my cables, Tripp power conditioners, power amp to my Trident 65 console, Magomi cables, brand new DW drum set, 10 guitars including my best guitar, 1969 Les Paul Black Beauty, 1954 Gibson 175 , 1947 Martin 00-17 , 1976 Martin 12 string, strats, Tele, two Fender P Bass's, etc. I am so depressed, I can barley get these words out my friends..I have not really sleeped since last night and there is still so much to do. This is a one man run studio that took me the last 12 years to slowly build with money that my wife and I had to truly scrape for all destroyed in a matter of a few hours. We have a sump pump that failed and that is what caused the problem. We were able to use the power from the other side of the house with an extension chord we got the pump to work this mourning and it got 6 inches of water out from the floors in about 28 minutes! However the damage is done and I have to take in account what the damages are. We have no insurance so we are really in the hole! Any help with information of equipment that has been exposed to water like this would be appreciated! I do not know if I will be around much here for a while, but I wanted to thank you all for the great help and info all the years that I have been here! I really love you guys from the bottom of my heart!! __________________ John Thomas Milhorat Zythum Studios 1st Take Productions www.myspace.com/zythumstudios1 http://www.soundclick.com/zythum "In the ending result, it is really all about the Guitar Solo!"