Every restoration business owner I talk to in the metro Detroit area is quick to tell me what a busy winter they had, thanks to the polar vortex leading to lots of broken pipes and water losses. And it appears that this August is shaping up nicely for them too thanks to record rainfall in southeast Michigan Monday afternoon.

Its estimated that up 20 million gallons of water flooded UCLA’s campus on Tuesday when a 93-year-old water main busted, spewing water 30 feet into the air and sending water throughout many of the streets and buildings on campus.

It was April 2014 when heavy rainfall in the Birmingham, Alabama area left roads flooded, properties damaged and several inches of standing water everywhere. The nearby community of Vestavia was particularly impacted by the rainfall – notably Hollywood Imports, a pre-owned luxury vehicle dealership.

Organizations with training in water damage and fire restoration will soon be faced with spring storm and hurricane season.

Large losses and catastrophes are a completely different animal from the residential job.

Were you ready? And are you ready for the next catastrophic (CAT) event? Whether it is more frozen pipes to come, a flood or hurricane, we need to be ready. We need to be ready to handle high call volumes and respond. 

Absorbent Specialty Products has introduced Quick Dam a line of sand-less, self rising sandbags and flood barriers able to control and redirect water, an ideal accessory for restoration professionals to have handy as they respond to floods or water damage situations where standing water is still present.

Many of you have gone to a hands-on drying school at one time in your career.

More Floods had five new companies and five revisiting companies attend its December training program.

German-based Kärcher has donated 250 pressure washers and $10,000 in cash to the cleanup effort in Colorado, according to a press release.