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The account traces NOAA’s shifting river predictions, rapid water intrusion in Pittston, Pennsylvania, extensive damage to both facilities, and employee and customer impacts. 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My parents Gene and Debbie Tighe started the company more than twenty years ago, and my sister Tracy and I have joined the family operation. Our company has had its ups and downs. We have supplied large clients such as PRIDE Mobility and Golden Technologies. However, with competition from countries like China, we lost many of our main consumers. We had to adapt, so we widened our customer base to produce more products in new industries such as food and drug, material handling, trucking, military, packaging equipment, construction, architecture, foundry, parks and recreation, and even highway transportation. Our family business has survived many hurdles, but, most recently, a natural disaster threatened to close our doors.  \nMy story begins on September 7, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) projected that the Susquehanna River would rise to 35 feet by 3:00 pm the next day, Thursday, September 8. Two and half hours later, on September 7, at 4:30pm, NOAA changed their prediction, bumping it up to 38 feet by 3:00 pm.  \nOn September 7, my family and I knew that our company would face heavy damages because our building is located about 100 yards from the Susquehanna River in Pittston, Pennsylvania. We knew that we couldn’t move some of our equipment. We had six machines in excess of 25,000 pounds. So, we started moving the smaller equipment: materials, computers, etc. We worked through the night moving pallets and pallets of materials to our back building, which was built four feet higher because of past floods. We stored materials on pallet racking to try to keep them out of harm’s way.  \nAfter working through the night, by September 8th at 8:00 am, the water crept into our parking lot. By 9:00 am, we had 12 inches of water in our downstairs building. We did all we could and exited the facility. Water levels were rising at break neck speeds. The river hadn’t ever risen so quickly and we had survived four previous floods. With millions of dollars of equipment still left in the building. After paying $15,000 for flood insurance, we only could receive $500,000 in contents and $500,000 on building FEMA insurance. We knew we were in trouble.  \nBy the time the Susquehanna River crested at 1:00am on Saturday, September 9th, all I could see of GT Fabrication was the very top of our building. My family and I were devastated. Our 30 employees were devastated. We didn’t know if our family business could survive this. The watermark on the GT Fabrication lower building was recorded at 15 feet. Our back building, which we raised 4 feet to serve asa precaution against future floods, had a watermark recorded at 9 feet.  \nOn September 10, almost two days after the flooding began; the water finally receded to twelve inches. I entered the building to see the damage. As soon as I got into the building my heart sank, the destruction and devastation that this flood caused was by far the worst it’s ever been. I really couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It looked like a bomb was off. The lobby and office were completely collapsed.  \nMy family, friends, and some of our employees were outside waiting for me to tell them the news. All I could say was “It’s bad, but we’ll bounce back,” but they had no idea. I pulled my father aside to warn him that we have a lot of work ahead of us if we want to stay in business. I could see defeat in his eyes. The business he had built from the ground up was wiped out just like that.  \nThe next day, we immediately ordered three 40-yard trash hoppers, a three-phase generator, power washers, brooms, etc. We spent tens of thousands of dollars to start the clean up process. We had to dry, gut, and clean both buildings. 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