Sedona Flooding Sept 10th 2009

Bigwave · 09-11-2009, 06:31 AM

Thanks to our friends for checking on us, we are OK.

Tlaquepaque Village in Sedona was hit hard with a flash flood yesterday. Almost every shop in our center had water and mud from 2" to 2 feet in them, our gallery was one of the only one's spared, no mud , no water it was within 2" of flooding into our gallery.

Major clean up today, and Tlaquepaque says the center will be open this weekend for our "September Fiesta Art Show". This weekend kicks off our busy season, we hope.

Elaine and Duane

some pics attached, borrowed from news reports

Bigwave · 09-11-2009, 06:32 AM

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Bigwave · 09-11-2009, 06:35 AM

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Bigwave · 09-11-2009, 06:38 AM

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AC Rob · 09-11-2009, 06:53 AM

Darn glad you guys didn't get washed out.

Talk about wild weekends

RUN ROD RUN · 09-11-2009, 07:01 AM

Glad you guys are OK.

Did the flood effect the area where your home is?

Bigwave · 09-11-2009, 07:47 AM

At home which is only a couple of miles from the Gallery, it hardly rained at all. It was raining lightly, as I was driving home from Phoenix, in "Bigwave" and I was thinking "Gonna break out the cleaning tools when the weather clears.

My son called from the gallery and said we have a huge flood here. Elaine and I headed to he gallery, to see what we could save. When we arrived the water was down, but every driveway every walkway and court yards around the center had atleast 6" of mud, Most every shop had water and mud rings around the walls and mud into the spaces.

One of our girls in the gallery, had 5 feet of water through her Hummer, and two cars floated into the side. Totally trashed about a couple dozen cars in the parking lot. Fire fighters, were scouring the creeks, as a mini cooper floated into the creek, and was part of the problem causing it to overflow into Tlaquepaque.

Duane

YellowDZH · 09-11-2009, 08:05 AM

Glade to see that there were on SSRs in that flood. Good to know you guys were spared. Good luck cleaning up. Thanks for posting the pictures.

AZSSR · 09-11-2009, 08:46 AM

What a mess..So glad your gallery was spared. We thought about you when we heard the news. If you need any help let us know.

Joe & Sue

OLBSSRD · 09-11-2009, 08:47 AM

Wow! Saw the pic's on the news this morning. That's the kind of "big wave" you don't want to see! Thank God you are both okay and your livelihood spared.

Red Cat · 09-11-2009, 09:07 AM

Wow! What a mess...glad you're ok & your gallery too.

DOOPHUS · 09-11-2009, 09:27 AM

WHAT A MESS is the only way to describe this, Duane and Elaine.

The great news is you guys were spared and are OK . . . THANKFULLY!

Gina · 09-11-2009, 09:46 AM

Wow

LTs SSR · 09-11-2009, 09:59 AM

HOLY COW!!!

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I am so glad you guys are ok and the shop is ok!!! You guys are charmed!!

Bigwave · 09-11-2009, 10:35 AM

You guys are right, I think that's the only way to describe it, Bigwave's Gallery was the only gallery spared by the Bigwave of Red Mud running through Tlaquepaque.

Duane

Thumper · 09-11-2009, 10:36 AM

Holy smokes! Glad everything is ok and you guys are fine! Do you need us to send up our street sweeper??

Bigwave · 09-12-2009, 08:10 AM

Sedona, at Tlaquepaque is open for business!!!!! The mud is all cleaned up and washed down, we are having our "Fiesta de Tlaquepque" all arist are showing how to create art in the courtyards in from of our shops. Elaine is hand tinting some of our Black and White photos with oils today. So yall come by and say howdey, or stop by the website and send us an email.

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Elaine and Duane

and a slightly muddy

Bondo Princess · 09-12-2009, 08:36 AM

Duane and Elaine..................glad to read that the mud is cleaned up and everyone is ready for the big weekend. Here's hoping that you have a fun and profitable weekend and season. Stay dry!

Gerry

Bigwave · 09-12-2009, 08:47 AM

Thanks Gerry, and you and Lloyd need to come back and visit again soon. That Yellow with ghost flames sure looks good with a Red Rock background.

Elaine and Duane

BlueSSR · 09-12-2009, 08:55 AM

Everyone must have worked really hard! That was a major cleanup project.

Give Elaine a big hug and hopefully you'll have lot of BIG sales today!

Glenda & Jim

OP · 09-12-2009, 09:15 AM

sent you an email Duane...

Glad there were no injuries or worse. Enjoy the fiesta and keep those damn mini coopers out of the parking lot

Thumper · 09-12-2009, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by OP

sent you an email Duane...

Glad there were no injuries or worse. Enjoy the fiesta and keep those damn mini coopers out of the parking lot

agebhardt · 09-12-2009, 11:07 AM

Hello Big Wave. You don't know us from the SSR Forum, but you may from your business. We're owners at Las Abrigados and have been coming out for years, visiting Tlaquepaque every time. So we may have met at the gallery. We're coming out (in our Ultra Violet this time) from Nashville in a couple of weeks and would like to drop in on another SSR owner. Which gallery is yours? Also, any flood damage at Las Abrigados? We look forward to meeting you. Allen

Bigwave · 09-12-2009, 03:07 PM

Let us know when, you are heading our direction, I would be glad to show you around Sedona.

We are going on a three week fall tour of ky, tn, nc, sc and Ohio mid Oct though Nov.

Duane

wildcat66 · 09-14-2009, 08:46 PM

just read this and wanted to say WOW, glad you were spared and I know you are pitching in to help others

have a great art show !

Bigwave · 09-15-2009, 08:27 AM

Thanks and it was truly close, our gallery has a lower level about 2 feet lower than the upper level. The water was about 2" from coming in the door and would have flooded the lower level making a pool with no way for the water to flow out. We were truly, blessed.

With back hoes scooping up the mud and washing down the entire center, my son has a power washer and spend two days blasting all of the center after the mud was cleared. Just about all of the galleries are up and running, and we will work in keeping all of the minis out of the creeks.

Good to hear from you,

Elaine and Duane

wildcat66 · 09-15-2009, 03:29 PM

a little hijack, is all your work posted on the site?