AAA SELF STORAGE

This facility flooded on June 8, 2012. I lost over $3000.00 worth of personal belongings and important papers. I lost books and art that cannot be replaced and also lost a box spring and mattress. I had to buy new boxes and repack over half of our boxes. Boxes that were touching the ground wicked water and collapsed and contents of boxes that were sitting on top of the wet boxes fell breaking heirloom china pieces as well as my regular dinnerware. The owner helped me to move my belongings to another unit. When asked about whether the storage facility was responsibile for any damages I was informed that they were not responsible. The owner did say that he was not surprised that the place had flooded because he had been noticing that the water would get high when it rained.I asked if there was a plan in place so that this would not happen again. He blamed the city engineer for approving the drainage plan for the facility. I would not recommend using this facility at all. If 12 units flooded with 1 1/4" of rain what will happen with a significant rain fall. Insuring belongings with an insurance company will NOT cover flood damage. On AAA Storage web site it talks about other facilities in Abilene that have flooded. I think they should also mention that their facility has flooded and caused thousands of dollars of damage to people's belongings. I moved my belongings to another facility on 6/30/12.