This seems so trivial compared to the flooding that is going on in IA and elsewhere, but I need some quick guidance please...
I had to run to work on an emergency tonight. It takes me 1.5 hours round trip. It was clear skies when I left... yeah, you can guess the rest of the story.
I left with the car just outside the garage, with the top down (Had to take the other vehicle to work). Just before I got home, the bottom dropped out of a storm where I live and my heart sank as I pulled in the driveway, only then remembering the car was outside the garage. What a mess...
there was about a 1/4-1/2 of water on the floorboards. The seats and door panels are all soaked. I got it in the garage and pulled out the main floor mats. I tried to soak up as much of the water as possible on the floors and also several wipedowns of the other areas. I am afraid to turn a heater on in the garage as I wonder if it might dry things out too quickly, but I am not thinking straight right now. What else should I bee addressing to immediately, and what can wait until tomorrow. I am trying to decide if I should call my insurance company or not and make a claim.
Like I said before, seems very trivial to me compared to those suffering in the real floods right now. It is just a car. I just need a game plan to try to minimize whatever damage might occur due to this.
Thanks for listening and thanks for any advice you can offer.
Signed,
Almost Desperate in Jackson