day 29- a man's home is his castle

this is a mans home.

he lived in the van in the center of his property for 20 years, and decided when the flood waters came that 20 years wasn't quite long enough

he did what any man would do..... if all that man had was a van, 40 feet of heavy chain, a 5 gallon water cooler and three empty beer kegs. simple enough: chain the beer kegs and water cooler together, and chain the whole lot to the back doors of the van. stay first in the van, then on the van, then board the 'keg raft' and hang on for dear life.

the problem wasn't one of bouyancy....the keg raft kept the man afloat just fine. the problem was the length of chain between the raft and the anchor point (van doors). that, and the strucural integrity of the hinges which held the van doors to the van itself.

after a day or so surviving clinging to his raft, anchored 'securely' to his van, the water level rose to a depth greater than the length of his anchor chain and the van doors were ripped off....sending him adrift. not too far, just to his property line where the doors snagged his chain link fence and held. held for 3 more days, while he held on to the raft for all he was worth, until he was finally rescued.

the man couldn't swim.



i seems that, sometimes, god gives you beer kegs. (see story way down below)





still in nawlins- where tim, joe, mike and i will remain for an as yet undetermined length of time.

-brock