In Eureka, more than a hundred boats and RV's were destroyed at a storage facility.
Thursday, pieces of those vehicles were still being picked up from all over the city.
You might think a boat would be the safest place to be during a flood but the mangled wreckage of more than 100 boats and Rv's at Lighthouse Storage tell a different story.
"Even if [the boats] floated out of here, the engines were wet, the insides destroyed and they were crashing against trees and other boats. You take on mother nature and you lose," said Bill Zielonko, Owner of Lighthouse Storage.
The flood waters reached 12 feet high at the storage facility on S Outer Rd. Two storage buildings were completely stripped of 100 yards of metal sheeting that paneled it.
"The strength of the moving water was amazing. We are finding units a mile away," said Zielonko.
Some of the boats were even found on the railroad tracks underneath an I-44W overpass. But because of their condition, they still haven't even been identified
All the RV's and Boats in the storage yard currently were swept away by the water during flooding, and later towed back for owners to identify.
"I think they're emotional. a lot of these have sentimental value," said Zielonko.
But Zielonko says roughly 40 boats and RV's were picked up by their owners before flood waters closed the surrounding highways.
"We became an island out here so there was nowhere for the units to go," said Zielonko.
As Zielonko searches for what's still missing, it's up to individual owners to call their insurance company and have the wreckage of their boat or RV inspected and hauled off his property. Once that happens, Zielonko says, he can start rebuilding storage units and open for business again.
