[chuckies76ta]

Hi: If anyone on here wants to help Dave and Lisa out here is a link to a Go fund me page. I already sent Dave and Lisa $500 before they started the go fund me page.


https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-l...ource=customer



Thanks
Charles

[chuckies76ta]

$200 sent

Charles

[besserspat]

Ive talked to him,thought emails this week. they are up and running.

Speaking of delays,
I gave him my 71 HO aluminum intake to get CNC ported back in 2018 when I was in Abbottsford BC launching the new Honda Goldwing.

He has assured me there is still just 1 hours of hand work left to finish it !
In fairness to him he had to weld a divider plate back in that the previous owner butchered.

I already have a set of his 260 CFM CNC ported Iron heads , I knew that Dave was busy , unlucky, and overloaded with work so I had no expectations in terms of turnaround time.

Right now im more bummed by the shortage of roller camshaft cores at all the cam grinders than the 4 years waiting for my intake at Dave's

Peter

[mgarblik]

Glad to hear he is up and running. The parts shortages are one thing and will eventually shake out. But a talented porting shop with a great reputation forced out of business by weather related devastation would be just terrible.

[stevesbirds]

He sure could use your continuous support emotionally. I mean that.

[Lemans64]

Was wondering how they were making out, Not good out there. Been since monday the 15th since BC had a major rain storm
with flooding all over, Bridges washed out and Major landslide over major highways on the lower part of BC. Abbotsford is in a
Low lying farm land area. This area has been hit hard with Major loss of Livestock and land damage. Hopefully they come out of
this Devastation. Been 5 days before highways have been reopened, Military has been called in to help with relief. Winter has just started and
not sure what else is next. Extreme heat over summer, forrest fires, now extreme rain. Extreme snow and cold next?

[VCho455]

I have been in touch with Dave over the weekend. Lisa and him are unable stay at home due to flooding in the house. I am sharing the photos and information Dave passed to me on what they are going through.
Here is a quote from one of the emails.

"We got hit by another landslide, but fortunately it was on the east side of the house and didn’t effect the shop at all so very thankful for that. We had flooding in the house from the rain and the slide is right up against the house but no mud actually came in (mud is covering two windows that didn’t blow through). We aren’t staying at the house for a while. We cleared all the wet stuff out of the basement and cut the lower parts of the drywall and now have fans and dehumidifiers going to dry things out. The yard is a disaster with 50+ dump truck loads of material coming down the mountain. There’s another rain storm forecasted for next week but hopefully it won’t be too bad. I’m hoping to start pulling vehicles and trailers out of the slide next weekend to start the huge cleanup project.
Going to get back to working some in the shop this week as the bills don’t stop!!"

Fortunately Dave can still get to work unlike many in the area. But he is unable to ship or received any packages at present as the road to Suma is closed and may be so for some time.

See the links for more information on what happened and is still ongoing.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2...tish-columbia/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59324764

There is more rain in the forecast for the next two weeks. Let's all pray they don't get hit with anymore heavy storms.

And please take time to share this information on other locations to widen the circle of information to all of Dave and Lisa's friends.

[Tom Vaught]

Glad I got my heads from Dave before this latest Environmental disaster.
This is the second time he has basically lost everything of value in his home or shop.

Tom V.

[stevesbirds]

If I understood the trail of damage caused by the first mudslide many years prior, Dave lost his CNC program files for porting the iron heads he was performing for me. So that adds a hundred (s) hours? to run the mock ups on the mill, and begin to get your tolerances sorted out?
Any which way you break that challenge down, you can't recover that expense to re-write the files.

Yeah, agree we can't be whiny, patience is the challenge our era.

[77 TRASHCAN]

I HATE this!!!
Praying for Lisa and Dave!!!
My heart is aching for them!!!
I'm guessing this is Dave and Lisa's home town?

I'm inviting them to move to Oklahoma!!! You only have to dodge a tornado, here and there, no big deal!!!

[Lemans64]

They have not finished up with the mess they have in that area and now are gone age that with another rain storm Thursday.
Hopefully it won't be as bad as last one, cuz the area is already struggling. Still dealing with road damage and Major bridge damage
on roads out of the area.

[pontorquer]

My heart goes to you too Dave and Lisa ... All the best.

[Drag Star Le Mans]

This was a result of another land slide not flooding. Remember the shop was wiped out last time. Either way a sad situation. I hear they are staying with one of their kids. Lower mainland BC is a total mess right now with more rain on the way.

[chuckies76ta]

Dave had said his shop is ok.. Thankfully. Just want to say Thank you for any help that has been provided. Insurance won't cover them for this type of disaster. We lost our home back in 1987 to a Tornado so I understand what it like involved in a disaster. Fortune for us Insurance covered the replacement of our home and contains. The scars left stay with you forever. My wife and I would never want to go through a disaster of any king again. I can't imagine going through it all over again like Dave and Lisa.

Thanks again.
Charles

[sdbob]

Prayers sent. I cant imagine the psychological effects. That looks like the area that weather channels Highway Thru Hell is filmed.

[chuckies76ta]

Yes it is. Called the Coquihalla in BC

[sdbob]

Just reading more about the damage and the why? Weather phenomenon called an Atmospheric River. Can have an influx of more moisture than the Amazon River. Scary.

[Drag Star Le Mans]

17 dump truck loads hauled out of Dave and Lisa's place. Many people came in and donated time to help clean up. The shop suffered no damage and it sounds like he is back to work.

[stevesbirds]

I have heads there, about ready to ship back to me.

3 years on this task. Jinxxed. I had drought if 500 year floods myself, moved my residence. It steals years from your life to fight these events.

[JSchmitz]

Sad to hear. Time to move before you lose more than property. Glad nobody got hurt.