More on the aftermath and rebuilding after floods....
This happened to me on May 12th 2025...
"What I go through everytime It Rains hard Because my Neighbor Jo&dy Ell*er Doesn't understand the function of "BACKFILL"*** near 625 Jordan V Cook Rd Boone, NC 28607
(some explicit language..viewer discretion advised)
VIDEO:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_w4QVNLI2vtmi_iS4hzA-Ypb59JXqhH0/view?usp=sharing*** CHECK OUT MY VIDEO ATTACHED "What I go through everytime It Rains hard Because my Neighbor J*edy E*ler Doesn't understand the function of "BACKFILL"***
I wrote this to my friend the sheriff who usually helps by referring me to the right people..I also wrote this to my county and to the Us army corp of civil engineers because after flooding people need to be educated and rebuild things properly rather than improperly.
Dear so and so,
I understand you are limited in helping us with this matter but I wanna share anyway my experiences (No Need to reply)
I bet this happens to a lot of people because people try to rebuild things but simply do it wrong... It looks like I have to pursue civil court because according to Army corp of civil engineer it is grandfathered in (which doesn't make sense to me because it is essentially functions as a dam with drainage pipes
Then I wrote an essay or a piece of journalism explaining to army corp of civil engineers why I think its important they educate the pub;ic more about rebuilding culverts after Hurricane Hellene so that the problems I face are less likely to happen... My neighbor Jo*dy E*ler either doesn't care or simply doesn't have the capacity to understand why the culvert is flooding and will continue to flood during heavy rains. He just piles on more giant rocks having no idea how water runs up about to enter his own garage past white shed. duh.
Here's my essay for your leisure if these things interest you...
To army corp of civil engineers (after they said my neighbor doesn't need a permit or anything),
"Here's a reply you can take as you will..I realize you are limited in
time as who you are able to help and what you are confined to share
but as free thinker I'll take this opportunity to speak freely what I
think and you you read it at leisure and decide for yourself if I am a
fool or off track in my way of thinking insofar as the community's
challenges go ... keep in mind I respect you and work and this is no
comment on you personally and has no bearing on the integrity of the
work and challenges you face Mitchel.. I simply want to talk freely
about what I think the community 's challenges are in this reply ....
Off the record, allow me to talk freely although it has no direct
bearing on the work at hand. Think of this as an editorial for a
newspaper column in regards to post Hurricane Helene relief and
reconstruction.
We are dealing with totally untrained people putting culverts in..
That reality must not be overlooked. It takes a certain education and
a certain kind of engineering know how to construct something that
involves the flow of water ..we are dealing with velocity , forces
of nature, certain materials and it takes a certain understanding of
dimension , geometry and physics to design and put these things in
place. My grandfather was a civil engineer and designed bridges . One
of the many bridges he helped design was the Arlington memorial bridge
..you have to go to school for that stuff..
Anyway you got these guys: do gooders and doo it yourselfers that
come in on a pretty sunny day when the water is low and throw stuff
together in a matter of hours because they have all this machinery…
They are landscapers, they do cosmetics ..they don’t understand the
deeper knowledge required for true culvert design, They are amateurs.
This is why I think not requiring permits for culverts is big no
no.. that’s gonna backfire because an improperly made object serves as
weapon in the wrong hands… a building that collapses might as well
have been a bullet . You know ? an improperly designed bridge kills
people.. a collapsed building is as bad as an airplane flying into
it. We know Entire villages have been flooded on purpose and that is
terrorism..
Let me get back to my point if no permits are required of people who
install or modify culverts there will major repercussions because the
permit process alone serves as training and education for a good
percentage of these culvert installers. Without a permit process my
neighbor created a dam. When he arrives at his vacation home after a
flood He has no concept of reality.. He can’t understand why the
rocks fell down his dam. He doesn't realize he’s flooding our property
and his own . He probably thinks its clogging and wants to cut down
more trees on our property and he’s angry. He doesn't read about
culverts.. they don’t use levels ..they don’t use proper material
He doesn’t understand the difference between a dam and a proper
culvert and its functions. They don’t know any better and those who do
know better sit back overwhelmed I guess so they tell everybody to
seek legal action.
Okay think about 9/11 w..what if we allowed a bunch of amateurs or
interior decorators or people rebuild and put up structures that have
no understanding or permit or even instructions to put up a sky
scraper and then it falls.. we doing just that allowing community
members who know nothing about waterway channels and nothing about
back fill whatsoever construct free of instruction or even guidance
after the hurricane.
Anyway I see lots of good publicity for these agencies that walk
around the creeks and river in their shorts cleaning trash and getting
their names in the Watauga democrat but the first minute someone
constructs something wrong and starts flooding the river they are gone…
The biggest thing is the refusal to grasp certain principles of
reality they don’t want to see such as what goes into building
primitive yet highly effective dams. If it is built of the same
materials of a dam and serves and functions to dam the water, they
refuse to see it for what it truly is ..its a dam and I shouldn’t have
to prove that in a court of law while neighbor is flooding several
properties out..it's pretty easy to see and document as Ive lived here
for over 20 years and walked the creek with my dog every single days
for twenty years straight. I guess it's where a culvert should be so
people assume it is a culvert and are seeing an optical illusion but
it is not I can assure you… It's a dam… throw a few more stones on top
and it has the exact same dimensions as the big commercial dams you
come across. The whole creek bed from another area was used and long
bedrock was placed along the sides of the drainage pipes raising the
whole table of water … You aren’t allowed to allow dams in this
waterway. The channel of water there is not natural whatsoever like
the rest of the waterway before and after this dam.
What your agency is dealing with is a whole bunch of people that know
nothing about civil engineering. You need a program that at least
provides pointers to those doing heavy construction and altering the
waterways with mudpie creations… In my opinion you are going to have
more work ahead for your agency to simply deal with the massive
improper reconstruction done by amateurs. There needs to be something
in place for those rushing out there reconstructing because bad
reconstruction is worse than no construction at all when the designs
fail or are not of the proper nature and material. Its not enough to
refer people to attorneys in my opinion in response to faulty
construction in the waterway. Totally ungoverned construction on
waterways! Yikes! That leads to total Community strife and fighting
because these aren’t civil engineers I live next to. They don’t know
as much as you about this."
Later,
The Masked Man
P.S.
My main stress and concern is here...I deal with stress by simply writing and recording events. I'm not going to take it out on my stupid neighbor ..I'm not going to take him to court..I'll take people who aren't doing their jobs to court .. I will continue to record my concerns and the events until the army corp of civil engineers gets off their butt to educate us ..
Not sure this guy Mr El*ler is qualified and not only that I am not sure he has the capacity to understand. Here's a video that's quite ugly. I would think a typical neighbor would stop and consult somebody before proceeding with culvert simply out of respect for the situation..its as if I am dealing with an incompetent person who can't acknowledge everybody 's best interests here.. This before the flood while Mr. El*er was working.. He doesn't respect all parties involved ... all I wanted him to do was stop and consult professionals..it's a culvert and if done improperly will cause damage to us... This is what happens when people proceed to do things without permits or proper qualification..it causes conflict... This is my only encounter with Mr. E*ler in representing **** *** estate and wellbeing. I need help with this guy ..he needs help from family , church, or third party other than me ... nobody would trust a guy like this to do culvert work that could prove detrimental to homes along the water way footage of me asking Jo*dy to stop and get help with this project..... its called "BACKFILL" and this culvert doesn't have it and I need backup with this.. somebody needs to back me up on this...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11dc_gaw4w6j0mr-9Q8vxdg-snYWaaz3e/view?usp=sharing.
