http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKsehkcIF8

Dude fortifies his house. Starts around 0:55 if you want to skip. That is impressive.

5/13/2011 10:15:20 AM

may 21, 2011

NEVAR FORGET

5/13/2011 10:16:04 AM

kudos to him

5/13/2011 10:17:34 AM

i love redneck ingenuity

5/13/2011 10:18:38 AM

^hahah this and I bet all the sandbags cost more than that house is worth.

5/13/2011 10:20:19 AM

sandbags are cheap...

like $20 for 100

but you gotta fill 'em up

[Edited on May 13, 2011 at 10:23 AM. Reason : .]

5/13/2011 10:22:59 AM

doubtful. a good portion of the wall appears to be composed of the dirt he dug out of the moat. sandbags are cheap.

5/13/2011 10:24:03 AM

yeah it looks like all the dirt came from what's now a moat around his property

[Edited on May 13, 2011 at 10:24 AM. Reason : ^ beat me]

5/13/2011 10:24:16 AM

Props to them though. They gave a big FU to nature.

5/13/2011 10:26:18 AM

Impressive. I'm curious as to how long that took and how much advanced notice he had.

5/13/2011 10:28:48 AM

Is it still going on? I think it isn't supposed to go down for another week or so.

5/13/2011 10:32:23 AM

dam amazing

5/13/2011 10:32:26 AM

Quote :

"Is it still going on? I think it isn't supposed to go down for another week or so."

from the comments:

Quote :

"Wow, great? work! Has the water level started dropping yet? Yes its going down now and? he won the battle."

5/13/2011 10:33:44 AM

a guy with a decent sized backhoe or excavator could dig that moat in a day

5/13/2011 10:36:09 AM

hoa is gonna shit bricks

5/13/2011 10:37:40 AM

But the real question is... without barbed wire (and even with), how are you going to keep the zombies out in the inevitable zombie apocalypse. This could definitely use some improvement.

5/13/2011 10:37:49 AM

i totally facebooked this

5/13/2011 10:43:12 AM

Quote :

"hoa is gonna shit bricks "

based on the houses around him, he is the hoa now.

5/13/2011 10:43:28 AM

Quote :

"i totally facebooked this"

5/13/2011 10:43:38 AM

Waiting for that undrained shear failure.

5/13/2011 10:49:03 AM

Here's the before where they are constructing it



and yeah, definitely going to facebook this

5/13/2011 10:52:43 AM

your knowledge of soil mechanics isn't impressing anyone

5/13/2011 10:53:10 AM

Quote :

"I don't understand why he didn't sit and wait for the government to come around and save him."

[Edited on May 13, 2011 at 11:06 AM. Reason : ]

5/13/2011 11:06:04 AM

^haha. said a mouthful right there.

5/13/2011 11:17:43 AM

now THAT is an American

5/13/2011 12:19:29 PM

Epic

5/13/2011 1:06:49 PM

Quote :

"500 Internal Server Error Sorry, something went wrong. A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation. If you see them, show them this information: Rs-bAunFcZtQ1q01hpjidG6Lg718hG1haP71bHQ4v4Wv0GZY8lNOTs12AYda 9t1vATctqc7jONvhxNWqQHqQX0B-O_bZiaZXfWENPx8fzS5kPA3xlojKr-cM oK98EjnIJWGBCHlayF10Racm-G8UTC05uMO9sTIOSdHcbluWUqnsbyNGC7rg JVd-4xK0Zg7Se4MO30nPSGqrixUqk8qBf7GZzmIK1dQj7AqV03J91QT-K-XP nvwyJYJx5W29yvLLsQ3etLqUSa4i6yb0K-obf-qqa7nM9_orpc_J1_OiM5Br xggltOXbBk7gIEEVopG5rjXH7h04iKwrk2N9zxf8KbALW5AkivehqIvL79Dw EaUXCHZ7kOiDj57SV05cMAhD2XzXpsi9SD5A9On5qGJuS33rur-mBzi96D8g 2ZcTT9Jchc6KfhteVT-MUMWAy23aUVeWKufwk4YG5Fvm93NWJwoooIPB17Ve XlIgVl1_GkIyTdWfeBK8dU1mVqAJJjwN0jQPCC49fwYMmFfKOKncGiP3Auz4 0u3YCl82mhP11TKkr7nP9YApAWS16myf0SguSWaiH-gPHXkkKG7pgu9Fslz3 3n4-jRep_Rilsi9g_IY6p0rop-r-xg2B0AXCkCsAY6dXpTMNDYr5UYpicbQx jv_YqKtraerT87eqlk6OrGeSWAeY5N6KQgIJMHjVd9rkuaEtwpaWZrVelLDh eWf_osD0Hf8x7lDGxKYS7m-UjAQZ1Id-wny5PkuRzkjq0xkqL48Wv5drSHpC EUx4vdaG1nafjUum5w-tb6UzmTPPdNDslqqBatlk-DpeZHlHYyzgX7YmND_l 4n9lAYH-19K1QAGwEIRszSFS868-Qvd1K8YYQwcI_Ys6gkg1ZmViAQ6BKcwA CVrVpYj-sLTEmRViinqkxglMUqnb8hncIPiAlLVFbIaXF5jGwJ2yfjQYMrWC LxRTsp-yL5U7r-TSc3VHq90f-tvtFGe_x4hb7Y7sHM8By8U3-2exHEbLEo00 tppYMT1UiQHYEHTfkxk38NGSePW8-wkX2gvnigxSbFvTmxXRZbx8xz89kuwk aDiimo3Edli9IAhGWxxSaIoMAGcQ_J6ekIyyarqYTdaUIrW3xyxG_pH1ku-G iQaGL3MZo_EiCCzCzstRkVA9wp352ZHcI4mnQW6rLWhNQQN3FUOXruvdkth- qGw3pA4_fyHoYeXmFjMKO0YIX-mu9lKlUkaLPehD9mhLePRzmYACzfYkILQt EEbNdIMw4fqE3JpvpPFAhKpSwBzCzEh3P8vM8BcYN-tWas0wRVujd_mN8fAA mqR_2Al21ds3KBKF5f8wRbtimS3RhshOzGyJ38dUAVfAZQFKLiH5RFBnIr-b dF8DTflGc_uAcqJ1WgZdpxNTKmJAXV3wBBRG2-3XkHf5n62d5FqlFu3-q3-w DlKbFL7yflqLVhoTDchyfhIKgPB0z6TbgrfzVw8y66NllD9p8GPThJZva3bd AjTJP4-MVx0Zl2ztfoTABzL-TPDUlijIgnfX9h1uLqJqIZVUeAZ5s3B3thwN x1hV_qF17pOgBqeTTweNsvVhecsKUS-BdcTk-P53C4ZAJ1JWYapOo1wGjh2V JgiXX-V_H1MJBgLXuT_L6rqLC4l8qXmdirZ-nKeD9vX9fqP8dL-Pq0xzivsz lVxREfI6AoGZoM7kU0G5mQMql135pJC4F5XcHjkve-gRv8JgkXtqrP0wGYBk BNnna8-Ot1HuDVuWI3-rNmjhQ1PkBwYtSMUy4hTVZUvOwaDXd9Y5TH8QBFfr Pp2uripNVaOCP9IFXYUrRa1QlEoS-jdANZyelIXOeCEyv6b-JqdSfwqb2YwC I-H3XSRkml25WIrhE9ijHJFJJTWaP86FXdeWx0Uraxlh54cSp-8N9iyzKjQu FJc5l0ycFoYaORUsV3_P24CVUuRMwaoGDoTDFOR4Bpo95aj-DWK1F3jrqMLZ LHB0dLqavyTkwt6onq2DaGGp31kAV_HpEFE0QZ_-UqfHuWib8Wjq0SJONsIc xj71tRkEnOs0lUe0JuVkhWulIatgcGV0zIiHJQSyrzyFsNVIIJ-r0YWizD-C Ish2VWoMSWo1k_xOGavsHzGxFKGITdR0JdDUgUYlNGLhY8baOkE8_JinlQj5 IgyWjrF2J1EojKphOZEMe_HhWTl027doeWqXFl6k0dE6QZMeQvS__z-giDSk dkq8uuRwqcArxjeYbsKVHJFfzMHr1c8rG-Xh4tjMjdifOaAsCSF1tSN9KZRo NEOQHwoDsDGvwvj3ZSrJFVxYZ9Rgvr52oZPXE-gE1bSjFrorejIF9uD5U0rr QfzIF9Y="

5/13/2011 1:20:01 PM

he would have had a few weeks of notice

southern missouri had some storms several weeks prior that filled up table rock lake and bull shoals. those drain into the white river, that flooded this place. those missouri storms also filled up the missouri and Mississippi rivers.

a week after that we got a week's worth of storms in arkansas, culminating in a 4 day stretch of thunderstorms that dropped 18" of rain near where i live

this hit table rock and bull shoals again, and rose table rock 5' in a couple of days

so they knew this was coming for a good while out

5/13/2011 1:34:11 PM

5/13/2011 1:37:17 PM

Awesome, I hope it continues to hold.

5/13/2011 8:10:13 PM

This single act should be the sole litmus test for candidacy of the highest office in the land.

If this man ran on this ticket, that he fortified his house in spite of nature, his neighbors, and the government, just imagine what he would do for America.

We have far too many sit-down-be-a-bitch-and-wait-for-the-bailout members of our society at all levels.

5/13/2011 8:17:42 PM

HOLY SHIT!! That guy is a hard worker!

5/13/2011 8:54:31 PM

awesome.

5/13/2011 9:56:12 PM