What happened to the LGR collection
Added 2024-10-15 20:09:44 +0000 UTCGreetings all, this will likely go public in a day or two but I wanted to post it here while it’s processing. Thankfully it’s overall a good report!
Some shelves of vintage items sure got soaked and nasty, the arcade machines got pretty gross, and I lost a bunch of modern stuff it looks like. But overall I am extremely fortunate in how much survived fully intact. I’d say 95% of the collection is just fine, which is a huge relief considering the sheer amount of damage to my house.
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Hi Clint, I'm trained to do disaster recovery for libraries. If you want some advice or pointers to resources on salvaging paper and cardboard items, please message me.
Jekylphd
2024-10-18 05:19:55 +0000 UTCKeeping us updated is such a considerate thing to so considerate, thank you!
Fyshtako
2024-10-18 03:02:39 +0000 UTCJust got through Milton here in Tampa. So over these hurricanes.
Ryan Yoder
2024-10-17 21:38:34 +0000 UTCWe'll get it done! Thank you for the update in the midst of... all of that! I hope the recovery process goes as smoothly as it can - both in terms of replacing or repairing all that stuff but, more importantly, in terms of the stress and mental well-being of yourself and your loved ones. Take it easy!
William Molls
2024-10-17 17:48:21 +0000 UTCHey Clint its great that the majority of the collection is ok. I hope your home get fixed asap and remember the important thing is that you are ok.
Angelo Bountinas
2024-10-16 20:37:08 +0000 UTCBest wishes. I'm hoping it all turns out okay.
JockeTF
2024-10-16 19:54:29 +0000 UTCI can't believe how fast that mould's been growing, and all that dust, it looks like an urban exploration video. In all seriousness I wish I could help in more substantial ways (and give a massive hug).
Saint_Redfield
2024-10-16 19:18:45 +0000 UTCYes, you lost a lot of stuff, but it's possible many of the things in the boxes are just fine and only the packaging was destroyed. The most important thing is YOU are OK and you will come out of this stronger than before.
Chris Horry
2024-10-16 18:20:39 +0000 UTCI just want to share a great personal memory about Asheville, as a means of sending a prayer to one day return, to relive these good memories, and to dwell on hope for the future as Asheville rebuilds: My husband and I actually had our honeymoon in Asheville in 2022. Probably a strange place to go since we live in Tulsa, and most folks go to beaches or something for a honeymoon. However, we specifically wanted to go see one of our favorite bands, PUP, at the Orange Peel and the timing just coincided with our wedding year. So we made it a big Thing™ ! We also went to the Pinball Museum twice, walked through downtown over and over again, went to the Biltmore, and our favorite restaurant we visited was Nine Mile. We stayed at an Air BNB in the Montford District with no rental car - we walked or took the bus everywhere. We also visited the Moog Museum! What an absolute treat. I'm so thankful I got to spend time in Asheville and just know that the city WILL rebuild so we can return someday. Until then, I'm hoping everyone affected by the storm receives the care and help they need, and I'm glad you and your family are safe, Clint. We have some family friends in Asheville who made it out safe too. Feeling thankful despite everything. Much love from Tulsa <3
Becka Pitts
2024-10-16 17:28:57 +0000 UTCThankfully nobody was hurt, that's the most important thing. Everything else is "just stuff" but my god, that's so much stuff, even if only 5%. You are incredibly calm for what looks to us as a very traumatic episode. Also shows you how hard it is for all of us to retain these artifacts for future generations, when a storm like this blows through, things get ruined. Keep us posted on the restoration efforts.
Ryan Shapiro
2024-10-16 16:59:17 +0000 UTCI am so happy to see how much of it has survived, and to see that you're in good spirits about things! I'm still so sorry to see what HAS been ravaged by the elements.. I'd love to see a video of you just going through a ton of the damaged stuff, seeing what still works, what doesn't, what can be salvaged, etc etc. Though, that "still sealed in box" stuff that got wet? I'd unbox that IMMEDIATELY and let the parts dry! I know it may be a bit too far gone by now, but not new in box and salvaged, is still better than new in box but completely rotten! <3
Jesse's Heckin' Tech
2024-10-16 16:14:21 +0000 UTCIt was hard to see all that destruction, but as you said, it could have been so much worse (like damage to you! You are irreplaceable!) Thanks for keeping us posted on the slow and steady process of recovery.
Rebecca Richards
2024-10-16 13:11:03 +0000 UTCFinding the good in the bad, Looking forward to how this changes things. In the mid 1980s we got a lot of rain and the basement had a foot of water. Floating in the water was my Atari 2600 with all the carts. Started bagging them up for garbage, Second thought, I started washing them. The labels did not make it. Put it out in the sun to dry. Odds did not feel good. I put it back together. and 99% of it worked. Just one cart failed. I put hand made labels on the games. Yes, it was small to what you are going though, I hope you get to 99% of what you can save.
Norville8
2024-10-16 10:57:27 +0000 UTCNew Patreon member here Clint. I have loved your videos over many years. I'm so amazed that 95% may have survived. I hope my membership will help you rebuild your house plus recover that missing 5%. Wishing you the very best of luck.
Jeff Hadwick
2024-10-16 08:53:12 +0000 UTCClint, I am humbled by your strength and positivity. All the best.
Nick Dow
2024-10-16 07:51:53 +0000 UTCThe paper and magnetic media is frustrating... but, electronics if allowed to fully dry are often fine with a bath. Not exactly ideal obviously... but thankfully many of the devices will keep working.... I often wash filthy motherboards and even the internals of CRTs - then fully dry them of course.
Daniel Deyette
2024-10-16 06:52:09 +0000 UTCCapsela! excited to see a video on those :)
adcurtin
2024-10-16 06:35:58 +0000 UTCDamn!
Anapan
2024-10-16 06:32:08 +0000 UTCThat will sure take some work to get sorted for sure. THat water could have gotten to so many places, among all the ones you can see it already did.
J Ruonti
2024-10-16 05:20:05 +0000 UTCHonestly as long you’re ok and well that’s the big thing.
Allan Au
2024-10-16 04:47:20 +0000 UTCI had never really heard of Asheville North Carolina before all of this. Now I hear about it almost every time I turn on the news and, I mean, damn. Just glad you're alive man.
Brent K
2024-10-16 04:19:32 +0000 UTCMostly glad that you are okay and your house is still standing.
Don Eitner
2024-10-16 04:04:19 +0000 UTCSo glad to see the majority of your things are ok. After the flood I had earlier this year, I've been through a lot of my retro stuff that had water in it over the past few months. Most of them surprisingly work fine now. If there's anything I can do to help, let me know. You're a HUGE asset to the retro gaming and computing community and we all should stand behind you however we can.
Vintage Electronics Channel
2024-10-16 03:54:35 +0000 UTCI echo this. My father works in disaster remediation and getting things out and drying ASAP can drastically improve their chances
TheCrabsAteMe
2024-10-16 02:19:28 +0000 UTCYeah, I feel you on the stages of grief with your damaged part of your collection. But like you said the majority survived and that's a bright side. I would definitely watch you document going through the damaged part and seeing how much is salvageable on blerbs. Making lemonade out of lemons sort of situation.
PiraTed
2024-10-16 02:09:39 +0000 UTCthank goodness most of this was saved... Such a shame about some of those items that got damaged.. Let's hope most of it is cosmetic! Glad you're doing okay though, Clint
Evan B
2024-10-16 02:03:12 +0000 UTCUnfortunately not, there are still countless roads that are either damaged or washed away. Lots of helicopter supply drops happening though!
LGR
2024-10-16 01:54:34 +0000 UTCGlad to see that you and your family are safe and repairs are underway. Good luck with mold remediation. Have all the mountain roads become accessible around there to get supplies to people trapped up in the mountains?
InSyder
2024-10-16 01:37:26 +0000 UTCThe loss must have felt crushing. But stuff can't last forever and that's what we appreciate about your channel, is the video archival of all this wonderful weird old tech that many of us would never be able to see without it.
Jonathon Angell
2024-10-16 00:09:16 +0000 UTCI don't think it can be said enough, we are all so glad that you're ok. Things, albeit odd/old/etc, are replaceable but people aren't. You can rebuild and you've got this!
Brittney Rogerson
2024-10-15 23:45:10 +0000 UTCI see many treasure to trash to treasure videos in your future
Atari Fuzz
2024-10-15 23:44:52 +0000 UTCI’m glad you’re ok and that your house looks to be fixable! How quickly things get moldy is crazy! Also Capsela?! I used to love those.
Josh Bernstein
2024-10-15 23:14:05 +0000 UTCGlad you and your family are OK and most of your stuff survived!
Jason Wellband
2024-10-15 22:55:28 +0000 UTCHeartbreaking! Your voice tells so much about how your feeling. Now, I've worked on a ton of hardware that have been very waterlogged before I got them. Since all of your stuff wasn't turned on when it got wet, I'm pretty confident all of it will still work just fine once you get it all dried out. The biggest casualties will be the boxes, documentation and likely floppy disks. If possible, would try to open up any boxed hardware and remove it so it can start to dry out. The longer it sits wet, the more likely corrosion will set in.
Adrian's Digital Basement
2024-10-15 22:49:38 +0000 UTCI want to echo the thoughts of others on saying I'm very glad you are safe, and that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for you Hope your family and community are safe
Graham O'Mara
2024-10-15 22:37:11 +0000 UTCIt definitely hurts to see what of the collection got damaged, but I am very happy to hear that most of it is safe and of course, that stuff and not people are what perished in this for you. I'm sorry to hear man, but I hope you're able to reclaim and recover at least some of it. I see a lot of retro repair YouTube stepping up for this. I think many of them would be happy to help you. It's also good to see you practicing gratitude for things not being worse. That's an important part of the healing process that many people skip. Best of luck man, my patronage isn't going anywhere.
Parallax Abstraction
2024-10-15 22:20:00 +0000 UTCAs awful as it is, the main thing is that you're ok (or as ok as can be). Is amazing so much survived, but sad to see. I wish you all the best in the recovery and rebuild, and I'm sure your Patreon crew are here to stay. Sending huge birby hugs from my flock in Australia.
Jim Hooke
2024-10-15 22:06:40 +0000 UTCThis is the most depressing LGR Thrifts video you've ever posted! In all reality I am happy that you were able to salvage what you could and that you are safe!
Reid Carlisle
2024-10-15 22:04:46 +0000 UTCDamn, still can’t believe this. Glad you are okay and the collection damage is better than anticipated. Screw these hurricanes…so many lives upended.
Michael Dragone
2024-10-15 21:42:33 +0000 UTCWow, still glad you're okay, and happy to see you're moving forward with things. Hopefully your community doesn't hit any roadblocks in rebuilding!
Jeff Geerling
2024-10-15 21:29:33 +0000 UTCStill super glad you and your family are ok over there. I recommend reaching out to Scott from Weiner’s and losers over here in Winston salem to see about helping with your arcade cabs when the time comes. I’m sure he could help out there.
Matthew Taylor
2024-10-15 21:21:02 +0000 UTCIt's heartbreaking seeing the state of your home, but I'm so glad you're okay. Considering the circumstances it's really a miracle all of that stuff survived.
Tyler Compton
2024-10-15 21:16:17 +0000 UTCMan, I'm so sorry, Clint. At the end of the day, I get that it's a hobby where items can be replaced whereas lives can not be; however, it's YOUR stuff and your hobby. I'm sure you are just looking at things from a wide perspective as to what really matters but I know many of your fans here recognize that you lost a lot of your passion and collection here. I'll be upping my Patreon amount indefinitely. My deepest condolences on this occurring, Clint. I am happy you and your loved ones are safe, but I am devastated to see just how much your life was flipped upside down. May you and your loved ones find peace while you navigate this.
Nate Greene
2024-10-15 21:03:17 +0000 UTCGood to see that so much stuff has survived! I'm glad you're okay.
Jay
2024-10-15 20:55:20 +0000 UTCI would be devastated after a hit like this. I don't know where I would go after this. Try to get everything back that got destroyed, save what is saveable and get new of the ones that are destroyed? Or stop collecting alltogether and downsize my phyiscal items? I don't know... LGR won't be the same after this catastrophe I guess. Stay strong and keep us updated if you can!
Dukefazon
2024-10-15 20:47:41 +0000 UTCOh man, even before watching I just want to say again that I'm glad you're safe and that I wish you and the city of Ashville well in the restoration efforts. ♥
Avery G
2024-10-15 20:42:40 +0000 UTCI would watch an LGR home-restoration thing chronicling getting things back into one piece. Glad you're safe!
Earl Elmore
2024-10-15 20:41:02 +0000 UTCMark Fixes Stuff is still getting content mileage from his house fire a couple of years ago by restoring some of the damaged items. I doubt he counts it as a win, though.
Dean
2024-10-15 20:40:53 +0000 UTCHurts to see what was damaged and lost but it's also clear how much worse it could have been. Hope you are able to get back a sense of normalcy before long
james fonda
2024-10-15 20:40:49 +0000 UTCWOW. So glad you’re okay and that the majority of stuff survived. But not the beauty vision machine!! Noooooo
Gerry Picolla
2024-10-15 20:39:29 +0000 UTCLove the positive attitude! We’re all thinking of you.
Rockwell Schrock
2024-10-15 20:39:12 +0000 UTCI'm shedding a tear for your Raiden cabinet, but am so happy that you and your family are safe.
Renaissance 2K
2024-10-15 20:34:46 +0000 UTCMan I'm glad your ok
Nathan V
2024-10-15 20:33:11 +0000 UTCIf there's one good thing to come out of all of this, is that you won't have a shortage of restoration videos once everything gets back to normal-ish.
Rick Green
2024-10-15 20:32:45 +0000 UTCMan. Like you said could've been worse. Glad you're doing well after all of the insanity.
Joe Conti
2024-10-15 20:31:17 +0000 UTCSo sorry to see the state of your home and living area, but good on you for being able to make the point that it can and will be fixed. Very happy to see that most of your collection survived and you’ve got family and friends nearby to help! Thank you for making this update video for the community. We’ll keep you in our thoughts and wish your home a swift “LGR-restoration-thing”. 🙂👍
electricitynerd
2024-10-15 20:29:58 +0000 UTCHappy to hear from you, Clint. I have to say I was praying for you as a fellow collector. We can always replace stuff, sure, but at least the items that are harder to replace and are part of computing history are safe. My collection is books from a period where most would be considered ephemera but which are as important a record of human activity as great literature; I have one or two books in languages only a tiny fraction of a single country's people speak, as well as in archaic scripts, and recognise my responsibility as one of the guardians of their heritage. The most heartbreaking sight on the news for me over the last few years was the burning of Kharkiv university and the second most gut wrenching sight was your home -- because of the importance of preserving cultural AND technological records and artefacts. I also gave money to rebuild a library burnt down in recent UK riots for the same reason -- to destroy cultural collections and history is also to destroy who we are as people. It may be Mother Nature this time but ...same difference. Sending you best wishes from the UK. You are an amazing man and a hero for your work in this respect and I'm so glad that it is mostly safe.
Louise Ogden
2024-10-15 20:29:44 +0000 UTCWhoa, that is intense. Glad to see a lot of it survived though, and- most importantly- you yourself are intact!
Gavin Haslehurst
2024-10-15 20:25:28 +0000 UTCSending good vibes, Clint. Primarily glad you're physically and (from the sound of your voice) emotially healthy after such an upheaval in your life.
GenXGrownUp
2024-10-15 20:24:36 +0000 UTCHappy to see that most survived, and glad that you can recover and that you are okay!
Pietro Zuco
2024-10-15 20:24:10 +0000 UTCThanks for the update despite the troubling times, appreciate it!
lcl
2024-10-15 20:22:54 +0000 UTCMuch love to you Clint 🙏🏻
Becka Pitts
2024-10-15 20:21:11 +0000 UTCugh. sorry to see the mess, but glad your digs didn't go as hard as all that. sending posaitive energy your way.
Brian Cummings
2024-10-15 20:20:42 +0000 UTCHoly shit dude. The amount of work though
Deckard Games
2024-10-15 20:19:35 +0000 UTCHappy to hear that it's not all gone!! Most important thing is that you're okay.
Wayne
2024-10-15 20:12:36 +0000 UTCWhat a mess! Sending good thoughts.
Thomas Fuchs
2024-10-15 20:12:18 +0000 UTCHappy to hear most of it survived. And way happier that you are ok!
Jorg Rademaker
2024-10-15 20:11:05 +0000 UTC
