REFLECTOR: [VOBA Forum] Raining in Texas

Tue May 26 10:36:34 CDT 2015

Well, it looks like I dodged a bullet.

The water came up and kissed the belly of the plane.  Juanita relayed 
the information to me, so I don't have any pictures yet. The front edge 
of the water was at the middle of the speed brake. The aft edge of the 
water was about 8" forward of the cowl cut line.  The interior appears 
to be dry.

Strange things:
The electricity was still on.  The breaker did not trip.  The engine 
dryer was still running, but did not pump water into the engine, and the 
dryer canister appears dry.  Odd things floated around, so it looks like 
I lost some equipment, but the important things look okay.

Mike Deeter has the hangar directly behind me.  I have a taller XL 
nosewheel, so he may not have fared as well as me.

On 5/26/2015 9:39 AM, Reiff Lorenz (Reiff at Lorenz.com) wrote:
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> Brian,
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> I hope the plane interior stayed dry.  Please send a report when you can.
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> Reiff
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> A report from a fellow EAA'er says that I got about 3' of water.  
> Hopefully none in the avionics.
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> Someone sent me this picture.
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> My hangar is in the row to the left.  It looks like the water came up 
> maybe 18 inches.  I will find out tomorrow if I still have an airplane.
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