What survived the hurricane Retro Oddities, Modern Tech, etc
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Date: 2024-11-28
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TheAruruu
it's kind of amazing how unaffected by water most things are if they're unpowered, and not submerged, and as far as i can tell, you had lost power when the tree decided to pay an uninvited visit to your living room, so everything was unpowered at that time.
I'm curious if sony, microsoft, nintendo, or valve are willing to warranty out any of the stuff lost in the hurricane, if you can provide proof that you had the thing in the first place.
Moving forward, there are a few things that might be worth looking into as upgrades that might be worth looking into.
First, judging by that flickering at the end of the video, maybe some power backups for the house pretty sure there are some systems out there that can be configured to also act as power smoothing, to prevent brown outs and other jitters on the power that might negatively affect the old hardware that you like to test.
Fecond, i'd suggest looking into a heat shrinking system to give anything you collect in the future, and what was salvaged from this event, the best possible chance of survival, no matter what happens. probably wouldn't hurt to throw in a small bag of desiccant with each box that you wrap, to prevent any existing moisture from becoming an issue down the line (hurricane affected or not. The film itself is surprisingly inexpensive if you buy it on large, wide rolls. if you're concerned about it adhering itself to the packaging like glue, a sheet of scratch paper or similar around the corners should be enough to keep that from happening. standard heat guns likely would not be good at getting a consistent and even squeeze, or work fast enough if it's also cheap. regardless, the setup/system should be simple enough that redoing the wrapping on something shouldn't be an unappealing prospect.
Third, replace any cellulose insulation with fiberglass insulation, if you can. cellulose insulation does work, but the way it behaves when it gets wet is just. disgusting. fiberglass may make you itch, but it won't interact with anything or cause any water that gets into it to turn a disgusting color and start growing mold everywhere.
All in all, i'd say your collection has held up remarkably well. Glad to see you seem to be holding up pretty well too.
Best of luck in your future. adventures, I suppose. lol
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it's kind of amazing how unaffected by water most things are if they're unpowered, and not submerged, and as far as i can tell, you had lost power when the tree decided to pay an uninvited visit to your living room, so everything was unpowered at that time.
I'm curious if sony, microsoft, nintendo, or valve are willing to warranty out any of the stuff lost in the hurricane, if you can provide proof that you had the thing in the first place.
Moving forward, there are a few things that might be worth looking into as upgrades that might be worth looking into.
First, judging by that flickering at the end of the video, maybe some power backups for the house pretty sure there are some systems out there that can be configured to also act as power smoothing, to prevent brown outs and other jitters on the power that might negatively affect the old hardware that you like to test.
Fecond, i'd suggest looking into a heat shrinking system to give anything you collect in the future, and what was salvaged from this event, the best possible chance of survival, no matter what happens. probably wouldn't hurt to throw in a small bag of desiccant with each box that you wrap, to prevent any existing moisture from becoming an issue down the line (hurricane affected or not. The film itself is surprisingly inexpensive if you buy it on large, wide rolls. if you're concerned about it adhering itself to the packaging like glue, a sheet of scratch paper or similar around the corners should be enough to keep that from happening. standard heat guns likely would not be good at getting a consistent and even squeeze, or work fast enough if it's also cheap. regardless, the setup/system should be simple enough that redoing the wrapping on something shouldn't be an unappealing prospect.
Third, replace any cellulose insulation with fiberglass insulation, if you can. cellulose insulation does work, but the way it behaves when it gets wet is just. disgusting. fiberglass may make you itch, but it won't interact with anything or cause any water that gets into it to turn a disgusting color and start growing mold everywhere.
All in all, i'd say your collection has held up remarkably well. Glad to see you seem to be holding up pretty well too.
Best of luck in your future. adventures, I suppose. lol
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lukebowers536
Good to see you back up & running & recovering, i know all about storm damage living in the southwest of the UK.
Ide be tempted never to put plaster on your ceilings & walls again & only use marine ply panels in future, sure its not as nice as an Italian style painted plaster finish, but if you ever get storm splattered again its an easy dry out & you probably wont even have to replace it once its all dried up & it will protect your rare valuable vintage rarities better to.
Ive iteratively storm proofed my sound system & computer hall after multiple storm damages over the decades so ime well versed at this heart break,
now ime practically bomb proof despite living in a vast complex of static units on a hilltop.
I wish you all the best & i hope that all your kit comes back to life, i trust most of it will,
to most peoples horror i actually often wash vintage computer boards as the first part of a restoration.
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Good to see you back up & running & recovering, i know all about storm damage living in the southwest of the UK.
Ide be tempted never to put plaster on your ceilings & walls again & only use marine ply panels in future, sure its not as nice as an Italian style painted plaster finish, but if you ever get storm splattered again its an easy dry out & you probably wont even have to replace it once its all dried up & it will protect your rare valuable vintage rarities better to.
Ive iteratively storm proofed my sound system & computer hall after multiple storm damages over the decades so ime well versed at this heart break,
now ime practically bomb proof despite living in a vast complex of static units on a hilltop.
I wish you all the best & i hope that all your kit comes back to life, i trust most of it will,
to most peoples horror i actually often wash vintage computer boards as the first part of a restoration.
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Jetsetlemming
I would genuinely be shocked if that PC is remotely okay. Dirty water flowing through it probably lodged all sorts of potential shorts all throughout its internals. Maybe if you flushed it and cleaned it out with the chemicals they use to clean laboratory glassware, the kind of stuff that evaporates clean leaving nothing behind (I'm blanking on the name rn. Even then I'd be especially scared of plugging in that PSU ever again.
edit: I think I'm just thinking of acetone. You use it at the end of the washing process in labs because it pushes out all the water and then evaporates leaving nothing on the glass. No idea if you could safely use acetone on electronics though lol
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I would genuinely be shocked if that PC is remotely okay. Dirty water flowing through it probably lodged all sorts of potential shorts all throughout its internals. Maybe if you flushed it and cleaned it out with the chemicals they use to clean laboratory glassware, the kind of stuff that evaporates clean leaving nothing behind (I'm blanking on the name rn. Even then I'd be especially scared of plugging in that PSU ever again.
edit: I think I'm just thinking of acetone. You use it at the end of the washing process in labs because it pushes out all the water and then evaporates leaving nothing on the glass. No idea if you could safely use acetone on electronics though lol
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ouch1011
This video must be torture to the moist haters.
I get anxiety from branch/tree cracking noises due to a few near misses from a few years ago when we had severe freezing rain that coated the trees with an inch of ice, leading to thousands upon thousands of trees in my immediate area being destroyed. There were dozens of branches on my property that came down (including a few that would have easily come through my house or cars) but somehow they all missed the important bits. I can’t imagine the anxiety you must have from that sound now, but seeing it on video is definitely difficult to watch and breaks my heart.
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This video must be torture to the moist haters.
I get anxiety from branch/tree cracking noises due to a few near misses from a few years ago when we had severe freezing rain that coated the trees with an inch of ice, leading to thousands upon thousands of trees in my immediate area being destroyed. There were dozens of branches on my property that came down (including a few that would have easily come through my house or cars) but somehow they all missed the important bits. I can’t imagine the anxiety you must have from that sound now, but seeing it on video is definitely difficult to watch and breaks my heart.
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Krasniye
hey Clint! Since you're opening this stuff up anyway have you thought about maybe getting a bulk order of those little desecant packets (like the things you find in beef jerkey that collect moisture) I feel like it wouldn't hurt throwing one or two in every box you seal back up just to dry out any extra moisture that might be left over and prevent any molding considering you might not be reopening a lot of these in awhile.
Anyway we love ya happy to see you're safe and most of this stuff is totally salvageable
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hey Clint! Since you're opening this stuff up anyway have you thought about maybe getting a bulk order of those little desecant packets (like the things you find in beef jerkey that collect moisture) I feel like it wouldn't hurt throwing one or two in every box you seal back up just to dry out any extra moisture that might be left over and prevent any molding considering you might not be reopening a lot of these in awhile.
Anyway we love ya happy to see you're safe and most of this stuff is totally salvageable
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PeTTs0n88
Modern PCBs are treated to resist humidity, but sitting under hurricane rain and a collapsing/collapsed roof. I'd definitely wanna inspect those PC and PS5 internals to see how they've held up. Especially with a PSU that handles incoming AC.
I gotta say though, that IBM Port Replicator/Docking Station kinda made me smile - the box did its job and then some, its sacrifice will not be forgotten and the replicator will likely live on thanks to it!
And take care of yourself Clint - one day at a time.
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Modern PCBs are treated to resist humidity, but sitting under hurricane rain and a collapsing/collapsed roof. I'd definitely wanna inspect those PC and PS5 internals to see how they've held up. Especially with a PSU that handles incoming AC.
I gotta say though, that IBM Port Replicator/Docking Station kinda made me smile - the box did its job and then some, its sacrifice will not be forgotten and the replicator will likely live on thanks to it!
And take care of yourself Clint - one day at a time.
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anddoug2586
That exact capsela 1000 kit brings back so many memories, including that old school instruction book. Got so much playtime, to the extent that the little connector sleeves would crack and no longer hold the capsules together. I would try my best to glue the cracks, but that would never hold long. And then there was the constant drooling over the parts list, always needing one more of this or that type of capsule, or just wanting some replacement connector sleeves. Good times.
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That exact capsela 1000 kit brings back so many memories, including that old school instruction book. Got so much playtime, to the extent that the little connector sleeves would crack and no longer hold the capsules together. I would try my best to glue the cracks, but that would never hold long. And then there was the constant drooling over the parts list, always needing one more of this or that type of capsule, or just wanting some replacement connector sleeves. Good times.
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VulpisFoxfire
One small silver lining in this situation at least (though I don't know how much of it is due to editing to show the recoverable stuff and not the disasters, other than the packaging and documentation, it seems that a large part of this is salvagable. the packaging loss is still sad, since I knew there were several items you had purely becauseof the original box, but hopefully you can find scans of the instructions online somewhere.
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One small silver lining in this situation at least (though I don't know how much of it is due to editing to show the recoverable stuff and not the disasters, other than the packaging and documentation, it seems that a large part of this is salvagable. the packaging loss is still sad, since I knew there were several items you had purely becauseof the original box, but hopefully you can find scans of the instructions online somewhere.
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ccoder4953
Well, there is one silver lining at least - now that the walls are open you can use this as an opportunity to upgrade your network setup. Go crazy running Cat6 and speaker cables! Don't skimp - run more than you think you might need, run it to any place that might be remotely useful, even do runs for wireless access points. You won't regret spending the money on the wire, but you will regret not running the wire.
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Well, there is one silver lining at least - now that the walls are open you can use this as an opportunity to upgrade your network setup. Go crazy running Cat6 and speaker cables! Don't skimp - run more than you think you might need, run it to any place that might be remotely useful, even do runs for wireless access points. You won't regret spending the money on the wire, but you will regret not running the wire.
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vigorosomoon4829
1: 14: 08 the switch pro remote and switch from my experience are very water resilient. had both switch and remote go under water for atleast 24 hours and they both work fine. switch battery might be toast my sisters switch went under water as well with it being plugged in with power still on. the battery acts like its dead but still tries to boot but doesnt fully boot up. i hope yours works again
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1: 14: 08 the switch pro remote and switch from my experience are very water resilient. had both switch and remote go under water for atleast 24 hours and they both work fine. switch battery might be toast my sisters switch went under water as well with it being plugged in with power still on. the battery acts like its dead but still tries to boot but doesnt fully boot up. i hope yours works again
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MegaAstroFan18
You got very lucky, though I have discovered from occasional liquid spills on my desk that boxes do their job quite well. You'll suffer cosmetic damage, but often not too much functional damage. Now granted those are liquid spills that pale in comparison to a hurricane, and I don't exactly have highly expensive electronics and a hurricane on hand to test things, but you know, it's the best I got.
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You got very lucky, though I have discovered from occasional liquid spills on my desk that boxes do their job quite well. You'll suffer cosmetic damage, but often not too much functional damage. Now granted those are liquid spills that pale in comparison to a hurricane, and I don't exactly have highly expensive electronics and a hurricane on hand to test things, but you know, it's the best I got.
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StigDesign
i think lots of electronics might be salvageable if opened and cleaned, etc: ) Paper etc is lost sadly for lots of the stuff, but any physical like metall, plastic, Circuit Board might be able to save, cd/dvd too and Floppys(if let them dry with not to hot or to little hot): ) i hope you can fix your house and perhaps make it safer for something similar to happen again trees winds floods, etc: )
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i think lots of electronics might be salvageable if opened and cleaned, etc: ) Paper etc is lost sadly for lots of the stuff, but any physical like metall, plastic, Circuit Board might be able to save, cd/dvd too and Floppys(if let them dry with not to hot or to little hot): ) i hope you can fix your house and perhaps make it safer for something similar to happen again trees winds floods, etc: )
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MrSirViking
What i find incredible is how many of these boxes was just soaked in water, but the stuff inside is mostly just fine. There is a few manuals that are toast but for the most part the electronics seems fine. Your gaming PC might not be so good though, having water run through all of that GPU and what not is probably not gonna work out well. But the other stuff seems fine. Its just incredible.
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What i find incredible is how many of these boxes was just soaked in water, but the stuff inside is mostly just fine. There is a few manuals that are toast but for the most part the electronics seems fine. Your gaming PC might not be so good though, having water run through all of that GPU and what not is probably not gonna work out well. But the other stuff seems fine. Its just incredible.
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oatmealman4743
It's called mitigation, and that's a good mic to drown those things out. I work with them alot and they are LOUD. I work for textile recovery and have to go in houses like yours before anything else is removed. House last year had a tree fall on it just like yours. When going back for delivery, wouldnt even have known a tree went through the house. Your house will be looking good.
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It's called mitigation, and that's a good mic to drown those things out. I work with them alot and they are LOUD. I work for textile recovery and have to go in houses like yours before anything else is removed. House last year had a tree fall on it just like yours. When going back for delivery, wouldnt even have known a tree went through the house. Your house will be looking good.
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dustinschings7042
Hey Clint. I am glad to see that so much of what we thought was lost ended up being salvageable. A real shame about all the boxes and instructions/paperwork thought. As for your PC case, I think you should re-house it into the same model case, and you can bring your wood grain panels over to it. And you'll have a spare tempered glass in case you break one!
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Hey Clint. I am glad to see that so much of what we thought was lost ended up being salvageable. A real shame about all the boxes and instructions/paperwork thought. As for your PC case, I think you should re-house it into the same model case, and you can bring your wood grain panels over to it. And you'll have a spare tempered glass in case you break one!
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lascheque
I successfully managed to unstuck pages from magazines that got wet by carefully soaking them with 99% Isopropyl. Wait a while to let it soak, then unstuck the page, then put some kind of felt material between and let it dry and then proceed with the next page. Worked quite well. The pages stayed warped, but usually did not get damaged otherwise.
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I successfully managed to unstuck pages from magazines that got wet by carefully soaking them with 99% Isopropyl. Wait a while to let it soak, then unstuck the page, then put some kind of felt material between and let it dry and then proceed with the next page. Worked quite well. The pages stayed warped, but usually did not get damaged otherwise.
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MauriceM0ss
REALLY glad to see you're okay and taking this massive setback as a chance to make something cool of it. As much as it hurts to see your collection being moldy and soggy, at the same time it's a trip through memory lane of your old videos at times when you share these videos! Impressed by your resilience in this, Clint!
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REALLY glad to see you're okay and taking this massive setback as a chance to make something cool of it. As much as it hurts to see your collection being moldy and soggy, at the same time it's a trip through memory lane of your old videos at times when you share these videos! Impressed by your resilience in this, Clint!
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TastyBusiness
Capsela! Yes, I had some of that as a kid, it was awesome. The clear plastic bits were incredibly fragile, they got more brittle with time. I still have some of the manuals and catalogs somewhere. sadly not the one for that IR set. Thank you for sharing the cleanup process with us, even if it's difficult.
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Capsela! Yes, I had some of that as a kid, it was awesome. The clear plastic bits were incredibly fragile, they got more brittle with time. I still have some of the manuals and catalogs somewhere. sadly not the one for that IR set. Thank you for sharing the cleanup process with us, even if it's difficult.
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lazygamereviews
Hi Sir! I'm 16 years old. I have been watching your videos since I'm studying 7th class. The very first video I saw about the review of Captain Claw which is my absolute favorite game. I very glad to see you with some of your collection is safe from the hurricane. Thank God. I'm very fond of you.
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Hi Sir! I'm 16 years old. I have been watching your videos since I'm studying 7th class. The very first video I saw about the review of Captain Claw which is my absolute favorite game. I very glad to see you with some of your collection is safe from the hurricane. Thank God. I'm very fond of you.
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deebo927
Apparently I'm pretty tired. Saw the question in the title and it immediately made me think of Mr. Freeze from Batman and Robin going What killed the dinosaurs The Ice Age!
Regardless, glad you were able to salvage what you could from the mess. Make sure you're taking care of yourself!
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Apparently I'm pretty tired. Saw the question in the title and it immediately made me think of Mr. Freeze from Batman and Robin going What killed the dinosaurs The Ice Age!
Regardless, glad you were able to salvage what you could from the mess. Make sure you're taking care of yourself!
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