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<p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" target="_blank">Hurricane Harvey</a> has laid a path of destruction that&rsquo;s brought Houston and surrounding cities to a halt. The unimaginable flooding has tragically <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mto2e8Gcqco" target="_blank">destroyed homes, </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mto2e8Gcqco" target="_blank">cars</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mto2e8Gcqco" target="_blank"> and so much more</a> -- but, some quick thinking and some landscaping blocks helped keep this modified <a href="http://autoweek.com/vehicles/BMW/M3">M3</a> above the waves.</p><p>Cody Crotchet of the YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ye7_oeXm55gAGGAyICNmw" target="_blank">Texas E36 Garage</a> saw the water rising around his house and started saving what he could. Since you can&rsquo;t easily put a hydraulic jack underneath your house and put it on jack stands, Crotchet went straight to his garage to do just that to his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series_(E36)" target="_blank">E36 M3</a>. Trying to keep up with the rising water, Crotchet kept raising the M3 by placing landscaping blocks underneath the jack stands. While this might not be the safest way to raise a car, it seemed to hold up well enough to the rising water and kept the car dry.</p><p>As the video shows, Crotchet&rsquo;s house filled with water -- likely doing extensive damage. It might be a small consolation, but at least he&rsquo;ll have a cool M3 to rip around in after a long day of doing home repair when the time comes.</p><p>Check out Crotchet&rsquo;s video above.</p></p>

      
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