My game room flooded and I am devastated
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- I mean...I am pretty bummed right now. I know I have bigger things to worry about in life but it is what is I guess. Going to replace a lot of things that got damaged (you did not get to see all my items I had on the floor that got wrecked include electrical items) but oh well. If yah wanna join us on Whatnot our username is PixelGameSquad. So if you were me...would you just knock it down and start over? Or try and repair everything once again? Let mw know yall! Ok back to the shed (it is still raining after the video was filmed)
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Update. This was filmed this morning. It’s currently pouring again right now which is the bummer. Since we don’t have proper drainage I am outside every hour trying to pump out water and detour it. So it’s still super sucky but it is what it is. I’m blessed to be able to vent and tell y’all the story ❤️ Thanks for watching y’all!
Keep your chin up bro. Could be worse! Could have flooded your house!
I know how disheartening it is, my basement flooded so we had to tear everything out and I had to refinish it. The best solutions I can think of are for you to dig around the perimeter of the shed and put in drain tiles and a sump pump with the discharge piped towards the front of your house. Otherwise if you can lift that shed onto a raised block foundation or if you’re gonna buy a new one put that one in on a raised foundation.
Be safe please. God bless
Sorry to hear about your game room bro. I live here in so cal too. In the inland empire area. Seeing it snow today down here was crazy to see. Crazy weather! Just turn these lemons into lemonade brother.
Salute to pixel game squad! I pray for you
The silver lining out of all of this - you know you have REAL friends willing to go out their way out for you when needed. People like that are pretty rare nowadays. Hope everything goes well for you, Riff.
Whenever I hear people say that generic term.
I just know they're sheep.
@@meldrickedwards1892You obviously have no friends lmao.
It’s only rare if you spend a lot of time on the internet and social media. Things aren’t as bad as you see on social media.
I think it’s more like helpful and courteous reliable friends. A friend can deny to help and still be a friend. You just have to know what type of friend/relationship you are willing to have with people.
The neighbor allowing him to drain the water on their property tho… he or she the REAL MVP.
Man...I feel for you. It was good to see how real your friends are to show up. But I know they know you would do the same. Things will get better. Peace
Whenever I hear people say that generic term.
I just know they're sheep.
@@meldrickedwards1892 I'm sorry what?
@@Squishyk9 Don't waste energy on people like that.
Dude right? I know my friends wouldn’t show up like that.
Absolutely devastated for you, Riff. Just imagine how much worse it would be without all of the help from your awesome friends though. The new game room will be a water proof cave of gaming and nostalgia heaven.
Editor K Riff*
Bro. Omg omg omg.
That’s how you sound
I felt the camaraderie the most in this video . I genuinely feel your pain for the loss because watching you for the past year I know you work hard hunting for all of this . But at the end of the day , all we have is just stuff . Most of it can be replaced. But you can’t replace amazing friends like the ones you have Riff . I know in my heart you will bounce back and have the best game room ever ! And of course amazing finds that will fill the next game room . My prayers for you and your family . Stay safe …ALL OF YOU ! God bless brother 🙏
That's terrible to see. Losing all those items and memories is definitely a bummer. You will bounce back. Keep your head up! It's amazing when you have such great friends to come and ease the troubles and get you through a tough time.
Ricky is the type of friend we all need in our lives. God Bless
Had the same issue on eastern shore. I was not knowledgeable on how important drainage is when I purchased my property. We had one big flood in 2020 and it really shed light on the severity on the problem. Had to basically bite the bullet and start fresh, tore down our disconnected garage and removed our old wooden fence. Rented a bobcat and brought in about 10 cubic yards of soil, a weekend of grading with the skid steer and some new grass seed. Rebuilt our garage on a higher concrete slab, installed a new fence. We raised the entire back yard about 8 inches from where it was before. With that being said, naturally every time we get a heavy rain for a few days my anxiety rises do to the past flooding instances but I can say "starting over" was the best decision for us. Have not had an issue since and I can sleep sound at night no matter what the weather throws at us, to an extent. That shed is sick and I understand it has sentimental value as well as it only happens ever so often. But the headache, stress and worry will eat you apart as a homeowner and a provider EVERYTIME it rains for more than a day. Its better to do it the right way once than add band aid after band aid in the meantime. Tear it down, get your yard regraded, add drain basins and French drains all the from the back of the property routed to lowest part (which seems like the front.) Invest in exactly what you mentioned, some prebuilt shed, even with the grade fixed, still have it sitting on concrete blocks and make that thing bigger and better than this setup. At that point you've done pretty much everything you can do to prevent such a poor experience. You got this and we support you, Keep up the great work!
Youre not accepting free money when youve been providing entertainment for 11 yrs. We love you guys. And a lot of us wouldn't be alive without your content. Just remember that. Praying for you man.💜
Cap. You’re saying people would die without him? Wtf
All I see is the power of friendship… All else can be replaced. +There’s nothing wrong with asking / accepting help. Hope everything works out. You deserve all the help you need. You’re a good person.
So sorry to see that this happened. I can’t even imagine how you must feel.
Oh, man! This is devastating. I'm sure this hurt the heart but so awesome to have such a solid group of friends to help. Despite how negative the situation you kept a logical, realistic outlook as positively as possible...a role model on how to handle hardship! Can't wait to see what the future holds and the new, epic game room that rises from this.
I can’t stress enough about how sorry I am for you. Definitely praying things goes your way quickly.
Riff, sorry to watch this. I really hope you havent lost too much in the way of damages and cost and items. You have some amazing friends and i really hope you will be able to claim more great finds at the markets!
This sucks so much, but like others have mentioned. Your friends are real ones, that’s so beautiful and I know you’ll get your collection back over time. Sending love from Wales ❤
Dude, so sorry to hear! That was an epic storm of the decade. It even snowed in San Bernardino I saw. I do like your attitude towards the situation with a positive attitude. As bad as it was, your reaction to not flip out and makes things worse was great. I do hope that maybe you're able to purchase a pre-built larger shed and start over with something bigger and even better! Keep being rad and we look forward to more epic adventures!
I think your positivity brought the sun, you seem so collected even after all the bad news. You seem like an amazing dude and good things will come because of it. Keep your head up dude!
So sorry man. I’ve enjoyed the journey of this game room since the very beginning but it always saddens me when I see the events that have hurt it. I’m always blessed and lifted up by your attitude when adversity comes. Your spirit is a blessing to us all.
I literally gasped out loud when I seen this pop up. I'm sorry this happened Riff. It is truly an amazing thing to see your friends showing up for you and the help from your family! Hope that the other games and things are recoverable. It will be the start of a new beginning and space for your collection. Thoughts are with you!
This reminds everyone in the retro gaming community of what happened in Tennessee last spring: Blast to the Past Nostalgia Mall got heavily damaged by fire; they lost ALL of their inventory. They had to demolish that building.
Riff, you're an absolute legend mate.
I have that same mind-set in that I feel I need to earn it in order to make it happen... you've already earned it ten fold, I'm sure your friends and family will tell you to take the help as it comes. You've built up a ton of good karma.
As annoying and frustrating as this situation is right now, this is going to turn into something positive, you deserve it. I feeeeeeel it!
You could put channel drains around the shed. Tie them into a pump box and put in a sump pump with a low travel float valve. Then dig a trench to the front of the house by the storm drains on the road. Lay pvc and tie it into your pump and your gold. It will not use electricity during dry weather, but when the system starts to flood it will pump it out at 80gallons per minute.
Will be a lot cheaper than putting a new shed. And you can extend the channel drains to catch water buildup in the garden as well.
Definitely make a series about building a new shed. Kind of like chase after the right price’s “build the barn”. Good content and fun way to get funds for new shed.
I had the same problem in my backyard. I fixed it by drilling 10 or so 2-3ft deep holes with an auger in the flooded area. Then I filled the holes 3/4 of the way with pea gravel and topped it with dirt. It helped tremendously.
I'm so sorry man, that sucks.
I feel extra bad, because I remember thinking to myself in a past video:
"Hmm, but that shed floor seems even with the lawn and even seems a little downslope, wouldn't that fill up when it rains?"
I figured I probably missed something that would prevent that. Now I wished I placed a comment to warn you...
Ps. My gameroom is inoperable right now too, since yesterday. I'm having power issues to that entire room and I can't find it. Already made two holes in my wall :(
Dude that really sucks, as someone that used to live in a flooding area and have their home/property flooded nearly every year, I know how frustrating this can be.
Dude, I’m so sorry. That really sucks. I have a basement that likes to flood from time to time, so I can feel your pain. California has had some crazy weather patterns. I hope everything works out and most of the stuff ends up being fine. Again, sorry to see. 😢
Honestly so inspiring seeing you stay so positive about the situation! I think I would've went insane
Dude, you're holding it together way better than I would. You have awesome friends.
For real, i would absolutely lose my mind...
This is so sad, I'm so sorry. My house (and game room) also flooded very recently because the people that sealed the foundation didn't do it right. But I didn't have nearly this much stuff in my game room to get damaged in the first place, and everything of value was lifted off the floor several inches and it only ever got up to 2 inches deep. Spent an entire month dealing with constant flooding downstairs and in my game room until the foundation drainage was fixed. Got our drainage system fixed now though, so wont have to worry about that again anytime soon. Really hope you manage to recover from this; flood damage is the worst for a game room.
@Pixelplus_RUclips Oh sorry, I do not have a Telegram account. I'm all good though, and I didn't lose anything of value in my collection from the flooding either, but thanks anyway.
Properties are supposed to drain from the backyard, around the sides of the property, and down the driveway. This should not have happened. Probably said by others, but you're going to have mold start growing if you don't do a proper dry out.
If you rebuild, I suggest to raise the new shed at least 12" to get it out of harms way in the future. Build it bigger and better while you're at it! Best of luck!
I'm so sorry for the loss of some the amazing things you've collected on your videos.
The only thing I can suggest as a prevention for future flood problems is if putting the shed a foot or two above the ground and/or getting one with an upper floor I've seen in a few places to store the collection a staircase away from possible flood areas.
I cannot believe how unbelievably calm you are!😮❤🙏🏻 I would be completely beside myself in tears 😭 🙏🏻
Builder from the UK here, a cheaper option that can just be temporary until you save and get the new shed/building, take the door off and build a little 6’’ step at the door that’s well sealed then put a new door on that’s 6’’ shorter just to stop the water from coming in.
I feel your pain... after having a few flooded basements, everything now lives on utility shelves, in plastic bins where possible.
It's so heartwarming hearing your family helping you our running back in fourth in the rain with their hands full of games and consoles! Knowing their Poppa is in the worst day of his life!!💚💚💚 so sorry that happened. When you don't even pick stuff up because they are just already waterlogged! I was like dude, pick up that Mario frame!! Lol. Prayers in your direction.
Hi,
Follower from Belgium where it always rains!
Don't throw away those electronics. Dry them out properly. They can be dried and still work perfect. But really wait a couple of weeks.
You can make some drainage around you current shed. Just dig a pit a the lowest point. Concrete it out and then put a pump there when it starts to rain. We have pumps here that get acitvated when the water gets to high. See that you have a hose long enough to reach the street sewers. You could put like a nice metal roster on the pit
For a simple fix I would put a false floor inside the room and basically raise everything 6-12 inches off the ground.
Invest in a cheap electronic pump which is setup and ready to be flicked on and into action.
Work on some kind of drainage.
Don't put anything directly onto the floor, even if you raised the floor, if you have a PC or arcade cabinet on that floor, stick it on some wooden blocks to give it a few extra inches.
All of those things will increase your chances by at least 50%where only a big flood will get you, in which case, be smart around the flood season or time of year and move the most vulnerable stuff out, if you got a few friends around they could empty that room in no time.
That's such a bummer. I read stories from gamers who lost a lot of their collections because their house flooded when Hurricane Ian hit Florida last year. Always cherish what you have now because you never know when it will be gone.
I'm so sorry for seeing this. TBH I would never put anything valuable to shed built like this. Without proper foundation and elevated floor. In this kind of shed, You can be sure, that every serious rain will flood it again. The shed is just built wrong. You will need to rebuild it. I wish You the best, man. It was just unfortunate to put so much work into room inside so badly built shed. Other option is to create a ditch to redirect water from cumulating in this place.
Riff I'm totally sorry man! But your attitude is so heartwarming during what is a horrible situation for you. Your positivity always makes me feel good man. I dont know how you kept so cool under the situation, but i know you're gonna rebuild and it will all work out. If I wasn't in Baltimore I'd be there to help out anyway I can!
Breaks my heart to see this happen yo such a kind soul. 💔
Thank the man upstairs for real friends who came and helped you out. What a blessing it must be to have them In your life.
I think tearing down the shed and either get one new one built of buy one from home depot will be the best decision.
For the size of then alone the price is just incredible.
Is there a way to contact the right people to figure out the proper drainage so when it rains like that. It won't flood?
Feel for you man - but as much as it hurts great to see the squad stepping up and helping - real friends!!
Thanks man. My life fucking sucks right now and seeing someone else just deal with stuff and try to move past it was kinda helpful today.
That sucks, hopefully it's a minimum loss. Awesome for you friends for helping you out. I would definitely lean towards tearing it down and build a better one.
Shoutout to your friends that aren’t just there for you when the camera is rolling at a flea market! There are lots of people that would kill for these types of friendships. Hoping for the best for you!
Sorry Man I know that feeling because for a long time in the downstairs at my place would flood every other month when it rain like crazy. (Oregon Ugggh LOL) hopefully nothing major got water damaged. Good luck with the pumps.
This summer. Tear it down and raise it up a foot or two. As it sits now there is nothing you can do to fix the water problem. it's still going to flood regardless of how you set up a drainage system because the ground is not completely level. Even if it were you probably would still problems because the building sits so low.
It wont take long. You could easily build a new building In a weekend if you have the friends to help and the building supplies ready to go. Biggest hold up will be the electrical/building inspection (if needed in ca) but it will be worth it.
I use very large metal locking cabinets for my collection. It's water resistant, fire resistant, theft resistant, no sunlight, no dust and takes up less space. I know game rooms are fun, but my massive collection is safe from the elements
So sorry this happened man... I hope you are able to get back what you lost. Never rains like that in Cali
I live in Eureka, Ca and our storms have been crazy. It snowed for 2 days and it hasn't snowed here since 89. I feel your pain Sir, my garage door has a gap between it and the ground so I've been sweeping water as well. I have all my rare/special collectibles in that garage in totes right now luckily. Hope the recovery is good 🤘
I live in central Cali. I'm fortunate that I ran drain lines underground for both my gutters and back yard that run to the front of the property when we first built it. I still have some spots that are flooded but it didn't damage anything because of the drainage. Best of luck bud I hope you get it figured out.
You have awesome friends man. As far as damage to the collection, that part is over. In my old house my game room flooded a little after a hurricane came through(yay Florida). It soaked the lower shelves on my shelving units and killed my Monster power strip. Since then I have lined my lower shelves with black garbage bags just in case(dark shelves, can't even see them) and the power strip that died saved all the consoles that were plugged into it. Mother Nature is a mean bitch. But the most important thing is that we learn from our mistakes and, most importantly, that you and your family are safe 👍💪
I'm constantly seeing videos like this from creators and even hearing from family members in Florida having their houses flooded to the point where I'm traumatized of it happening to me even with little to no chance of it. I never keep anything valuable on the floor ever and I always try to stay in apartments that are at least on the 2nd floor.
I have lived in SoCal my whole entire life and I got snow where I live (only about 10 minutes) it was crazy... especially when it is 110 in the summer... Bummer about your damaged stuff 😢 I think the Home Depot shed is a solid idea and hats off to your friends for coming in clutch!
This definitely been a crazy weekend of rain. I’m in the San Fernando Valley and we had heavy duty gates blown over, huge tool cabinets dropped, highways and cars flooded in Burbank, fallen trees destroying cars, etc. My home alone was left a total mess. More rain expected in the next coming days too. At least the snow covered mountains look nice 🤷🏻♂️
A French drain along the front of the shed would help. You'd just have to run it to a location where it could drain better. It would be a fairly affordable fix, too.
Even if you put a new building in you'll still need to have drainage to go somewhere else from the backyard. And definitely make sure it's raised off the ground a good bit when the new one gets built. Hope you get it all figured out and fixed.🙂
This video breaks my heart. I can hear the frustration and my heart goes out to you and I’m so happy to see the amazing new podcast studio was the phoenix that rose out of this
You could also contact a contractor and see what they can do to help water proof the shed, maybe Eavestroughs to drain water away from the shed. Maybe they can add land around the shed to help divert water away from the shed, maybe a drain in the back yard? good luck sorry to see this :(
Definitely build the shack up either on stilts, or put up a higher concrete pad with the shack. You need you create a French drain around the fence line and it will help push that water to your neighbors drainage area.
Sorry this happened to you, Riff. It’s pretty easy and cheap to install a drain. Just pick the lowest part of your yard where water gathers, dig a trail and install a drain and plumbing to the front of your house, you can also tie it to your plumbing in your house. I live in central California and we all have stand alone drains that go from the backyard to the front.
So sorry Riff. You have such a good out look on things. Stay positive, it will all come back to you ten fold. Hope alls better.
If it were me,
1) I'd look into lifting the shed as it seems like there are no leaks. this should save you money and you only need to lift it 12" PT pressure treated wood. so no need for permits
2) look into "grading" (adding dirt) your back yard to divert rain water where you want it to go(i.e. not towards your house or shed)
keep your head up man you got this..wish I was there to help
I really hate this for you & your family. Here in Kentucky, this kind of flooding is common in some areas. So it's also common to see out-buildings elevated. The easiest & fastest way, is to jack up each corner & place a premade footer or a number of cinder blocks under each corner. We actually had to do that to ours, last year. Haven't had a problem since. You've put a lot of work into your shed, so I definitely think it's worth saving.
We just had the roof on our office building collapse! My original Astroids arcade cab was somehow saved (thank god) with almost no water running on it. However, it sat in 1.5 inches of water for almost 3 days before I could rent a Uhaul to save it. It's currently in my garage with 2 fans drying it out. LA wasn't meant for this much rain LOL.
Absolute nightmare dude. In all honesty, with it being such a simple structure, I would take it down and raise the base by a couple of feet and re build. I built a big game room last year and that's raised on blocks with steps at the front. Not that I have flooding issues but it's easily done. Vid of the build is on my channel which might help. Re use the electrical that's already there. I built mine in 2 days. £2500 for materials. Fingers crossed for you dude. Really hope you get it sorted 🙌🤙
The water funnels down to that corner of the lawn. The best thing to do would be to build a new one off to the left side of the lawn and have a higher platform floor.
Sorry my dude it definitely is a crappy situation, but you got some good friends on the flip side. This was a crazy storm we had for sure, the 5 FWY was completely flooded and shut down at Main Street exit going northbound too. Just a bump in the road, love that you let us watch what you love to do. Keep going!
Omg 😮 i could just cry a lot of stuff would of gotten destroyed. So sorry this happened. Sending love from Australia
Dude that really sucks hope not too much was lost, I've seen how much work you have put into the shed over the years. I think it might be time to replace with a prebuilt one from home depot like you mentioned. Or possibly consider building an extension or add-on to the house. Best of luck to you all.
I’m so sorry Riff, I respect your mindset and you’re ability to keep a cool head about things
I’m so sorry to hear that your game room got flooded. Hopefully you didn’t lose too much. My recommendation is to tear it down, and replace it with a shed that is raised. Also, make sure to put gutters on the building, and make sure the drainage runs away from the building.
A couple of years from now you will see this as a blessing. The reset from this is going to be epic. Still sucks, but sometimes a reset allows you to a level up. I suggest a Colin Furze style bunker.
man, the horror. this is literally every collector's worst nightmare. collection getting destroyed or ruined especially the space you store them in. I hope you get it fixed soon. save what you can focus on the living they say. good luck comrade
Damn Riff!!!! Ugh Glad you have some great friends to help you get this under control. I'm sure a lot of stuff got ruined :( I am with you rip, rebuild the game room. So much work and money ugh Riff. Had my basement flood a few years ago, it was horrible. Keep your head up Riff. You will get through this!!! Save up, and rebuild it all!!! Slow and steady brotha!!!
Rebuilding the shed is a good idea. About 2 to 3 feet off the ground would be an option.
Dude, you love you're games and vintage things, you're also a top bloke, but remember it's OK to treat yourself too, invest in one of those prefab cabins/offices like you mentioned. It's gonna be a family and friends investment too, cause they'll be able to enjoy it as well. And maybe have it on a raised platform too 😊
I feel your pain, dude. My game room used to be in my unfinished basement, and any time it rained the floor would get wet. One big flood later, ALL gaming stuff was moved up to the main level permanently. Too much heartache.
Jesus dude! i sincerely am hurting on your behalf! Best of luck that nothing is too damaged and i'd be grateful to have friends like yours.
Much love homie! Keep that family straight first. My heart goes out to you brother.
This sucks. I’ve had to start from scratch twice. People braking in. Sorry to see this Riff endless love and care you have for your family videos friends ❤ Heavy duty shop vacuum
Your property actually has excellent drainage. Your house is built at the top of the grade like it should be and all of the water drains to the back of the property. This is how most properties are designed in America. It is designed this way to keep the water out of your home. That shed was later built right where all of the water drains but it probably didn’t mater because at one time that shed was probably used to store a lawnmower and some tools. You might want to bring the game room in the house. It’s just going to keep flooding.
How gut wrenching! I can't imagine losing all that expensive stuff. I've had several of my collectibles damaged before in various ways but thank God not to this extent. Wishing all the best for you and will look forward to watching you grow the collection back again!
Sandbags (they make long snake like ones to cuve) or the inflatable water bags used to prevent flooding are extremly useful and people tend to underestimate their effectivness. If you know it will rain for a long time in the future maybe get a few and set them up on the inside and outside of your door.
Also tearing it down is recommend in my opinion. With extensive water damgae the chance for mold is astronomically high. Even with dehumidifiers you won't be able to remove all the water from the floor/wall/items/wherever else it seemed into. And you defiently do not want mold in your video game room. Mold might also start develping behind the walls/under the floor which removing it would be more of a pain than just rebuilding.
You're lucky to have good friends. That's the best part of the video.
Amen! My friends are truly a blessing to me ❤️
Sorry to see this happen to you!! If you do replace the shed, you should try building it where it's raised up in case you get flooding again. Leave like 2 or 3 feet under it to be safe....just a thought...hope you can save alot of stuff!!
Just build a raised subfloor, {8"-12" higher} extend the walls a few feet for more headroom and raise the roof higher. Then the entire shed will be higher off the ground and allow water to flow underneath. Then ya don't need to rebuild from scratch.
Could install better drainage, tons of gravel dumped deep, but jacking the place up and putting in a cinderblock foundation would be ideal. Looks light enough to lift when empty.
Once it dries out, might be a good idea to jack up each side and slide a 2x4 under there. That will raise it up 1.5” per board.
Sorry for the frustrating circumstances my guy. I agree, not a shed construction issue. With the slope of your yard pitching off away from the house, your shed is not in the ideal spot.
I'm not familiar with California building codes as I operate out of the East Coast, but jacking that shed up may certainly be an option. I'd first look into retention landscaping (might be a cheaper route to travel first).
All the best, and with how you guys operate I'm sure you'll replenish the lost stock in no time. Stay up!
I wonder if you could create a square/rectangular patio that covers that entire area next to the shed by digging it out 4-5 inches, putting down sand and filling it with river rock. It would promote drainage and you could set some patio chairs up etc.
i was face palming knowing all that water you was pumping was coming right back lol real cool of the neighbor to let you pump over. as for electronics, any that wasnt powered just let sit for a few weeks to dry and your good. Now as for the building if u wanna save money and time. Lift the building with jacks and put it on blocks to keep it well above flooding happening again.
You need to add a French drain , a tube with fabric at home depot. The French drain will handle the ground water you can direct it, sounds hard but simple and cheap, also rain gutters to help mitigate where water can go drain it into the French drain.
wish you the best! Build a new shed higher of the ground with a couple of steps going up to it but before placing the shed address your draining issues, maybe a permanent sump in that area that will auto kick on when it hits a certain level.
Buy a used ocean container about 2500 to 4000. Build a little pony wall with cinder blocks. Cheap!! Put on some down spouts from the roof to the sides. Waterproof the roof and wire it up. You can insulate it if you want or use 1 x 2 frame on walls to hang your stuff from. Good luck!!
make a solid foundation for your new gaming shed or whatever you want to call it. solid cement in half a meter or maybe exactly a meter above ground in the dimensions you want to make the shed? or maybe a couple of "light expanded clay aggregate" (LECA) to cut costs down. just make sure the foundation is good before placing them.
Sending good vibes, man. Shout out to your friends/neighbor for their help
Not sure if this will be read, but when it comes to electronics partially submerged in water, you can (albeit not in all cases of course) try to open the product (if it's a console for example) and let a big fan blow air at the components non-stop for a few days (maybe in a dedicated space for that of course, not to have to deal with the wind and noise). If it dries up completely it can work again. I've done that successfully before with a Sega Game Gear (no batteries inside when the water got in though, important to mention). I opened it completely and placed each pieces I could separate on some cardboard and let a big fan blow air at them for about 3 to 4 days (no interruption). Then re-assembled the whole thing, put the batteries in and it worked again. I was surprised but hey, could be worth a shot to do it for other products.
Of course I don't think it would work every time for everything but maybe this can help. I also recall reading about PC components like a graphics card, or a dedicated audio card (old stuff though) that can be put in an oven (or a mini oven, or nowadays perhaps an air dryer) to make sure it's all dry and all the water molecules evaporate properly. I wish you the best recovery possible Pixel. But, in the end, it's material, right? It's all tied to nostalgia of course I do get that, it sucks. But it can be recovered / found again / bought again over enough time (it's not a rush, it's material, everyone is safe and that's the best part).
Oh man...this is hard to watch. So sorry this happened. I'm in central CA and it's been insane the amount of rain we've been getting...my sister's livingroom flooded because of the same drainage issues. I've lived here my whole life and can't remember the last time it's rained this much here. Really hoping you can salvage most of it. I love your channels and I know this won't stop you from making videos and doing what you love. Would actually be really rad to see a series of you rebuilding the game room...Keep your spirits up man!