Two apartment floods this week, landlord agreed to financially help us move out. Broke down some numbers on the ‘let’s not milk him and be reasonable’ side of things for what we need to get a new place asap, and he only agreed to half of it after haggling. Apparently he didnt have the money in his account either and has to get it to us later, despite owning multiple buildings.
Classicide now, Maoist land reform across Amerikkka, death to the parasites.
Lol
Biggest issue would be the walls but yeah that moisture isn’t going anywhere
Also flood water is just gross the place needs to be emptied and cleaned
The catch is we can’t empty it until we find someplace to put everything and he goddamn knows it but just wants to fucking not help at all
Know what he did? HE BOUGHT A ROOM FAN AND JUST SAID KEEP THIS RUNNING AND THE WINDOWS OPEN right after someone got all the water out
Bad! Fans should be run after the mold risk is addressed, otherwise you’re potentially just distributing mold spores. Went through a few floods myself (among the worst experiences of my life, and I mean the landlord more than the flood itself) and the govt/community response orgs had to stress this because the myth that you should just run fans immediately after a flood is so pervasive. Dehumidifiers (mandatory) are the only thing that should be running for the first few days after the standing water is completely removed. Anything that was under water needs to be cleaned, disinfected, and ideally chemically treated to kill/inhibit mold growth. Vinegar can work, just don’t combine with bleach in a closed space. Only after the water is removed, the humidity is controlled, and the mold risk is mitigated for several days is it safe to introduce airflow to the environment. The longer the flood water sat before being removed, the higher the risk for mold to have started forming.