Kentucky man stops floodwaters by flooding his restaurant himself [Interesting]

Kentucky man stops floodwaters by flooding his restaurant himself [Interesting]

[link] [25 comments]

Skip to content Try Ads-Free Fark It's Not News, It's Fark How To FarkLog In | Sign Up » Forgot password? Turn on javascript (or enable it for Fark) for a better user experience. If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page. Discussion Entertainment Kentucky man stops floodwaters by flooding his restaurant himself (cnn.com) More: Interesting, Andrew Masterson, fresh water, Quarters Riverside Grille, Fresh water, co-owner of Captain, Brackish water, widespread flooding, Rain 907 clicks;posted toMain »on 08 Apr 2025 at 10:16 AM(1 hour ago) | Favorite | Watch | share: Copy Link 25 Comments Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results:SmartestandFunniest JustinCase (6) Funniest There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? (0) Funniest Did it work out as well as calling the police when someone is threatening to shoot themselves? (9) Funniest This is Dale Gribble levels of higher thinking We'll never know if genius or completely insane General Tariff (2) Funniest JustinCase: There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? His business was cleanly destroyed as opposed to dirtily? Not sure the plan here. (7) Funniest That's actually a pretty good idea. The Japanese effectively do something similar, by leaving breaks in their flood walls. This results in areas flooding from the low point, so the water are slower moving and don't have as much debris stirred up in it. This removes the odds of the house being pushed off its foundation, and reduces the scouring that would happen if the water comes over the flood wall (both screwing up farmland because of the scouring and the deposit and cleanu needed downstream) It also means the area self-drains once the river level goes down, and because you're giving the river more space to spread into, it reduces the water speed and scouring of the river channel. (0) Funniest (5) Funniest He won't have to shovel mud out of his restaurant. Pretty slick thinking! (6) Funniest It should work, so long as the water level in the building is ~as high as the water level outside the building and he's filling the building as fast as water is leaving through things like door frames and random exfiltration points. He'll get some infiltration if there's a direct current on one side of the building, but it should keep most of the muddy water out. Hopefully he also took drains in to account (toilets, sinks, etc) because the sewers are likely to flood and if the water level gets over drain level, you'll have a nasty flood/sewer water mix coming up out of the drain fixtures. (2) Funniest The Pope of Manwich Village (0) Funniest All he needed was a strip club's worth of squirters - which is surprisingly easy to get in Kentucky. (1) Funniest General Tariff: JustinCase: There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? His business was cleanly destroyed as opposed to dirtily? Not sure the plan here. Much of the damage due to floods is mold and such after the water finally recedes. I suspect he's hoping to reduce that by having it be clean water instead of whatever's stirred up in the flood.... but he will still need to rip out wet drywall, set up fans to dry things, etc, even if he doesn't need to shove out mud and such. There's a restaurant in Kentucky that's in a river channel, and has it as a point of pride. When I was there in the 90s, they had the various high water marks on the wall just as you entered: https://www.wtvq.com/halls-on-the-river-getting-closer-to-reopening-after-march-flooding/ (3) Funniest General Tariff: JustinCase: There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? His business was cleanly destroyed as opposed to dirtily? Not sure the plan here. After flood waters go down, you unblock the floor drain and run ventilators for a week and you're pretty much done. Ever deal with a flood cleanup and nasty muddy water? FitzShivering (0) Funniest This is a really huge place that knows what it is doing. They also have a lot of experience with flooding. I'd bet it was well thought through. I don't know what the property is worth, but I'd guess easily low 8 figures. Natalie Portmanteau (0) Funniest General Tariff: JustinCase: There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? His business was cleanly destroyed as opposed to dirtily? Not sure the plan here. Ok, so, I get the logic, but I'm not sure why he thinks it would work. Liquids don't work that way. Now, if he'd filled the restaurant with high PSI air, that would work, assuming he made the restaurant airtight. Which would prevent flooding on its own. I solved it. Airtight, vacuum sealed buildings. No flaws with that plan. Eunice's Social Calendar (0) Funniest Thingster: It should work, so long as the water level in the building is ~as high as the water level outside the building and he's filling the building as fast as water is leaving through things like door frames and random exfiltration points. He'll get some infiltration if there's a direct current on one side of the building, but it should keep most of the muddy water out. Hopefully he also took drains in to account (toilets, sinks, etc) because the sewers are likely to flood and if the water level gets over drain level, you'll have a nasty flood/sewer water mix coming up out of the drain fixtures. prepare for everything... Natalie Portmanteau (0) Funniest 34 minutes ago Oneiros: That's actually a pretty good idea. The Japanese effectively do something similar, by leaving breaks in their flood walls. This results in areas flooding from the low point, so the water are slower moving and don't have as much debris stirred up in it. This removes the odds of the house being pushed off its foundation, and reduces the scouring that would happen if the water comes over the flood wall (both screwing up farmland because of the scouring and the deposit and cleanu needed downstream) It also means the area self-drains once the river level goes down, and because you're giving the river more space to spread into, it reduces the water speed and scouring of the river channel. This is more like "backflooding" which is a made up word based on the term "backfires" where wildfire guys will start small fires burning toward a larger blaze to consume the larger fires fuel. Although, again, I don't see how this prevents the waters mingling. Natalie Portmanteau (0) Funniest 32 minutes ago Thingster: General Tariff: JustinCase: There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? His business was cleanly destroyed as opposed to dirtily? Not sure the plan here. After flood waters go down, you unblock the floor drain and run ventilators for a week and you're pretty much done. Ever deal with a flood cleanup and nasty muddy water? Ok, here's my question. If I have a building full of clean water, and it encounters an exponentially larger moving body of dirty water, wouldn't the higher density dirty water flow under and through the clean water? Now, that said, it did just occur to me that the physical structure will reach a total saturation point before the flood, so no materials should soak in ruddy water. I dunno. It's bold enough I hope it works out. Eunice's Social Calendar (0) Funniest 35 minutes ago Natalie Portmanteau: General Tariff: JustinCase: There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? His business was cleanly destroyed as opposed to dirtily? Not sure the plan here. Ok, so, I get the logic, but I'm not sure why he thinks it would work. Liquids don't work that way. Now, if he'd filled the restaurant with high PSI air, that would work, assuming he made the restaurant airtight. Which would prevent flooding on its own. I solved it. Airtight, vacuum sealed buildings. No flaws with that plan. your exit strategy? (0) Funniest 35 minutes ago Oneiros: There's a restaurant in Kentucky that's in a river channel, and has it as a point of pride. When I was there in the 90s, they had the various high water marks on the wall just as you entered: https://www.wtvq.com/halls-on-the-river-getting-closer-to-reopening-after-march-flooding/ I lived in Lexington for many years, and Hall's getting flooded seemed like a yearly thing. I'm surprised they were able to get insurance after every flood. /They did have very good food. Monocultured (0) Funniest 36 minutes ago That's an insurance rejection if I've ever seen one. (0) Funniest 35 minutes ago (0) Funniest less than a minute ago It's a Louisville landmark. I was kicked out of there back in 1990 and it was old then. Alcohol was a factor. grimlock1972 (0) Funniest less than a minute ago Well he may well have prevented at least some dirty water getting in but not likely law and he still gonna have considerable water damage that likely isn't gonna be covered ( provided he has flood insurance which given his thinking isn't guaranteed) as it is self inflicted. Final Judgement: Dumbass Thingster: General Tariff: JustinCase: There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? His business was cleanly destroyed as opposed to dirtily? Not sure the plan here. After flood waters go down, you unblock the floor drain and run ventilators for a week and you're pretty much done. Ever deal with a flood cleanup and nasty muddy water? Provided you can even get them and even then at minimum your gonna have to replace the sheet rock or what ever paneling is on your walls as it will be ruined. (0) Funniest less than a minute ago Natalie Portmanteau: Thingster: General Tariff: JustinCase: There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? His business was cleanly destroyed as opposed to dirtily? Not sure the plan here. After flood waters go down, you unblock the floor drain and run ventilators for a week and you're pretty much done. Ever deal with a flood cleanup and nasty muddy water? Ok, here's my question. If I have a building full of clean water, and it encounters an exponentially larger moving body of dirty water, wouldn't the higher density dirty water flow under and through the clean water? Now, that said, it did just occur to me that the physical structure will reach a total saturation point before the flood, so no materials should soak in ruddy water. I dunno. It's bold enough I hope it works out. Think about it in terms of pressure rather than density. While the density would be higher in dirty water, it's not going to be a massive difference. If the water level inside the building is higher than the water level outside the building, pressure will be greater on the inner side of any penetrations (or seepage points), which means flow will go out. Of course, that means you have to maintain the inside level at that greater height, which means having a clean water supply and you still have to deal with the water damage and humidity. This still seems a worse idea than waterproofing the construction up to the anticipated water height. There are a number of products available for doorways, plumbing drains, etc., etc. that can be pretty effective. It's an investment, but compared to what this is going to cost it's probably worth it in an area that's likely to flood again. (0) Funniest less than a minute ago Natalie Portmanteau: Thingster: General Tariff: JustinCase: There's an idea. How did it work out? Or do we know yet? His business was cleanly destroyed as opposed to dirtily? Not sure the plan here. After flood waters go down, you unblock the floor drain and run ventilators for a week and you're pretty much done. Ever deal with a flood cleanup and nasty muddy water? Ok, here's my question. If I have a building full of clean water, and it encounters an exponentially larger moving body of dirty water, wouldn't the higher density dirty water flow under and through the clean water? Now, that said, it did just occur to me that the physical structure will reach a total saturation point before the flood, so no materials should soak in ruddy water. I dunno. It's bold enough I hope it works out. Density of water doesn't change that much if you can look at it and go "yep, that's water!" You don't run into density issues until you're around 20% solids, and at that point you're looking at watery mud instead of muddy water. You will get a velocity head if the building is in the actual flow of the river, but if it's just getting inundated by generally standing water it would be a pretty minor consideration. It's a straight pressure consideration (correlated directly to the water depth differential inside and outside of the building); this is the same idea as a positive ventilation clean room but with water instead of air. Displayed 25 of 25 comments Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results:SmartestandFunniest Redisplay/refresh comments If you're having problems voting, quoting, or posting comments, try disabling any browser add-ons that might disable Javascript (NoScript, AdBlock, etc).See our FAQ. Forgot password? Create an account to make comments Remember me If you can see this, something's wrong with your browser's CSS support. (Or you're a spambot.) If you are using the NoScript browser extension, you may have problems posting comments, especially if they contain images.For a fix, see this FAQ entry.If you still have problems, contact Farkback. Before adding a comment, please take a minute to review our posting rules and our legal/privacy policy. By commenting, you agree to these terms. You might also want to take a look at our FAQ. Can't get enough Fark in your life? Try More threads. More community. More Farking. learn more | sign up Support Fark Sign up for the Fark NotNewsletter! Headlines of the Month Fark NotNewsletter TotalFark signup BareFark signup Purchase FarkUnits Purchase OhFark Top Comments Top Submitters Top Smart Comments Top Sources/Topics Top Funny Comments Press/Publicity Link Voting Sports Forum Fandom Forum Entertainment Forum Politics Forum Fark Parties Fark Party Forum PS/Photo Browser Photoshop Forum Farktography Forum Discussion/TF Live Forum Top Commented Top Commented ▼ Top Commented Top Clicked My Recent Commented Recent Mentions Javascript is required to view headlines in widget. Links are submitted by members of the Fark community. When community members submit a link, they also write a custom headline for the story. Other Farkers comment on the links. This is the number of comments. Click here to read them. You need to create an account to submit links or post comments. Click here to submit a link. Also on Fark Austin company unveils next-generation nuclear power plant, expects glowing reviews at SXSW ( kxan.com ) » (5 comments) After 400 episodes Chief O'Brien is finished with work ( chiefobrienatwork.com ) » (3 comments) You're were my boy Blue ( wdrb.com ) » (0 comments) "Psst, did you hear about that other subby? Apparently, he likes Duke" ( fortune.com ) » (0 comments) If a galaxy doesn't have any stars, is it still a galaxy? ( scitechdaily.com ) » (2 comments) Entertainment Turns out, Denzel was the real king behind the Black Panther's throne ( finurah.com ) » (0 comments) In the grim darkness of the far future, there are only tariffs ( pcgamer.com ) » (6 comments) Hm...a ghost island inhabited by polar bears? I think we have the next season of White Lotus right here, folks ( bbc.com ) » (3 comments) No longer able to afford fancy seafood towers? This will bring tiers to your eyes ( foxnews.com ) » (5 comments) Maybe organized peaceful protests do work sometimes ( nbcnews.com ) » (5 comments) Fark :: Main | Discussion | Sports | Business | STEM | Entertainment | Fandom | D'awww | Food | Politics Total Fark :: TotalFark | TF Live | TF Advice | TF Discussion | Commented | Top Voted | Greenlit FArQ :: About Us | Quick Answers | Posting Rules | Farkisms Contests :: Photoshop | Farktography | Caption Buy Fark :: Fark Book | Fark Store Submit a Link » Copyright © 1999 - 2025 Fark, Inc | Last updated: Apr 08 2025 11:52:06 Contact Us via Farkback | Report a bug/error msg | Terms of service/legal/privacy policy | Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information Runtime: 0.310 sec (309 ms)