Two days of record rainfall
dumped more than two feet of rain in parts of Louisiana.
Some 40,000 properties and counting
have been damaged by the historic flooding.
The federal government
officially declaring Louisiana as a major disaster.
Our thoughts and prayers go out
to all of those who have been impacted by this
this truly historic event
We had right at eight foot of water.
We had water all the way up to our roofline.
And, uh...
I remember Katrina.
It just looked like it was ten times what Katrina was.
There was debris everywhere.
Windows were busted.
There was already mold growing.
It looked like somebody literally
took the house flipped it upside-down,
shook it, and put it back.
It was unreal
We basically had to gut the homes.
And when I say gutting...
...I mean...
you put your hands on it, it went to the front yard.
The furniture, the clothes, the materialistic things...
that ain't that big of a deal, you know.
The printed nice pictures, and our wedding book
Uh...throwing those photos away sucked.
Little things like that...
...was the hardest for me.
I had my work rifle, which was in my unit
I had a Vortex Strike Eagle on that gun.
and then I had another one that was a personal one
with a Vortex Strike Eagle on it.
The scopes were underwater for days
Weeks later I got in touch with Vortex.
They said we will take care of you.
Ship everything back and let us look at it.
We had so much mold,
and so much sewer backup
that was not safe to send back those scopes...
even if they were not damaged.
They sent me brand-new ones!
That's huge man!
For a company to say don't worry about it man,
we're gonna take care of you.
We know what you've been through.
As a matter of fact here here's a hat and a shirt.
It might sound simple...
but, until you lose everything you own...
It'll get you...it's pretty awesome.
From the bottom of my heart
I appreciate Vortex
and all they did for for me and my family.
So we're past it. We have moved in our home.
I hung every piece of sheetrock screwed every screw.
Everything you see I'm proud of here because we did it ourselves.
I always say
the Good Lord is not gonna give you more than you can handle,
and I truly truly believe that.
and it just builds character
it builds you up
and it makes you realize
how grateful and how short this life is,
and you need to live it to the fullest.
It's good.
Life is good.
