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What a wonderful, heartwarming post, RED! May God bless you and see you through this nightmare!!!

A number of years ago, my then-fiance now-hubby and I were caught in a very minor flash flood .... were just driving down a street within sight of his parents' house when a 4-foot wall of water suddenly overtook the car. The seats in the car started floating with us sitting on them ..... yikes! We abandoned the car (obviously ... duh!) and managed to walk to his parents' house, which was high and dry.

The reason I'm telling you this has to do with the car. We were planning on being married in a few months and just knew that the car was ruined ...... we were both college students and didn't have spare nickels to buy him a new car. He took it to a mechanic who got gallons of water out of the engine ..... but, amazingly, the car was ok.

A big concern was the upholstery .... that it would mold and mildew and make the car unusable even if it was, miraculously, ok mechancically. Every day, hubby would take the seats out of the car and spray them down with a well-known aerosol product that claims to kill germs, mold, and mildew as well as be a room deodorizer .... I hate to provide a commercial for the product so won't name it .... but it begins with L ... *grins*

With that daily spraying of the seats and opening the car doors wide each day, hubby managed to air the car out enough that there was never the first bit of mold or mildew!!! The car worked just fine for nearly a year after that when we were married, he graduated from college and got a job, and we were able to buy another car.

One caveat ~~~ this was 35 years ago and cars did not have the sophisticated electrical systems that they do now .... heck, that car even had bench seats. [A lot of FReepers probably don't even know what those are .... LOL!]

But that aerosol product was a real blessing to us! The car never even had a trace of odor.

Bless you, RED!!!

There is one thing I REALLY, REALLY want - MY KAYAK BACK! So, send my yours! LOL!

I was so longing forward to a kayaking trio as soon as the river clamed down. Would have been the first time I would have had it in the water without having to get out and haul it over low spots! I have told ally my neighbors that I they see a lime green kayak somewhere IT"S MINE and I wanit it back!

I wasn't really worried about the car. Had called my insurance and cancelled coverage on the truck and filed a claim on the car if the damage was more than my deductible. I took it to a friend of mine who sells cars and had a detailer to see if they could vacuum it out and so forth. They looked under the seats and said because the water covered all the electrical stuff that controls the top, windows and seat I needed to call the adjustro. Chrysler dealersship said the same thing when I talked to them.

The smell is absolutely horrendous - as is my whole neighborhood. I can't imagine have to live with that smell and already told the adjuster that if hthey couldn't guarantee me that they could get the smell out, I wanted a new car even if that one was running perfectly and had no serious damage. I ain't riding around in a river smellin' car! UCK!
There are some things I just won't do and that's one of 'em!