What do you do when floodwaters rise? Sometimes there’s just not enough time to do anything.

It’s been a rough six months or so for collectors living in areas hit by flooding. You might recall the story we found about one Minnesota man who lost his collection in early September.

Now, heavy rains that pounded areas of Reno, Nevada put one man’s family in danger. Jason Cleary owned a very expensive collection of old cards, but the Reno Gazette-Journal reports he had more important things to worry about as the water came rushing in.