You have a minor misspelling in the following sentence: <blockquote> I had just seperated a bunch of stuff to list up to hopefully fund my trek out to Steem Fest in Krakow.</blockquote> It should be <i>separated</i> instead of <i>seperated</i>.

We had a flood from sump pump failure once and had about $5k worth of stuff ruined. Since I store in plastic totes yes they run a few more dollars than a box but it is worth protecting valuable stuff. So sorry this happened.

Bummer brother..................I cant fund any trip to Krakow but it might be worth listing the books that can be salvaged after pressing on here for us less savvy collectors just looking for a foot in the big boy game?

Oh no. That's one of my biggest fears. That sucks to hear.

That kinda sucks. I was lucky when my basement flooded I had all my comics on a skid. In rubber maid tubs. 4 cardboard longboxes on top were high enough they didnt get wet. After I put those in rubbermaids also.  I did however lose 2 boxes and some binder sets of cards  from the 90's thank god.

😢 ...

... That’s all I got... feeling for ya!

Dude, what a kick in the nuts.  If there's a bright side to be had, it's slightly increased the value of any additional copies you have of the trashed ones by reducing the number in circulation.

Damn man, so sorry to hear.

The odds of all that happening the way it did is crazy, like you said. There are lessons to be learned, obviously... the plastic container storage idea is good. Who knows, maybe this was a small "gift" from the comic book gods to have you make this post and be convinced to store your goods in protective containers. Probably will save you from some future event! 

Best of luck with the pressing, @blewitt!

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> I will end up donating them to my neighbor Lloyd who send out care packages for the US Military.

There you go.  I take water damaged and any amount of damaged books all the time.  I do not resell them (if 80s/90s or newer for the most part, most 70s too depending on what it is), however I do not throw them out either.  When I was a kid and gave no shits about the condition of a book but rather just the kick ass stories and art within, you know how much value those comics have.   Military is a great option as well there.

Fuck water damage is just about the worst that can happen with a comic, even if things aren't all warped the paper itself is now just in a weaker state.

The last hurricane that came through I only had one fear, and I am sadly being more real than anything, was the comic books.  The only prep I did was tape up the windows and grabbed garbage bags and put two boxes per bag just in case any water went through that ceiling.  

I feel for you man, I am glad you are keeping the love for your family through this, accidents do happen and how you react is what defines us or something :)

Oh no!!!! Water damage is terrible and so quick.
Ugh. I am so sorry. 😢

What a fucking thing! That really sucks hard, I hope there is a silver lining to this story. Shit.

Fuck, man...That's brutal. Sorry you've gotta deal with all that, bro.

Soon as you said on the boxes of comics I thought oh crap @blewitt is going to go APE, but well done for understanding how the chain of events in life happen and forgiving cousin Rich, what a shame I remember seeing the pressed Elektra, and some of the others above you have also shared.

Holy shit, that's awful...I'm glad you're able to keep a positive attitude about it now, but damn, I'd have hit the ceiling. One of my many flaws is ZERO patience when it comes to kids (I'd be a terrible parent), and it's precisely because the chance of stuff like this happening goes up like 10,000% when rugrats are around. :)

Good on you for being able to laugh it off with Rich though. You're a better man than I am. :)

"It's strange. I am super upset...but not at him...just at life."

I'm so sorry to hear this, man. You don't deserve this. It's so good of you not to blame your friend.

Hopefully, you will catch a break soon. You're owed one.