Derek: the magic potion is LPS II and LPS III These are rust preventatives that displace water and are available in spray cans and 1,5, and 55 gallon cans.
Just blowing the pieces off that have been in water with an air hose and spraying them with this stuff will suspend any damage for eternity.
Dumping all the stuff in a bucket of Diesel would work also to get rid of the water. The water would drop to the bottom on the bucket, and if the parts were in a basket you could just pull it out and dip in in the LPS II. Then just put everything in a sealed plastic container and Nicholist could deal with it when he got back.
We all see these catastrophes on TV from time to time, and think wow that's pretty bad and our hearts go out to them, but this one really moved me. Those people got screwed!!!!!!!!! and it ain't gonna get better for a long time.
I went thru every nook and cranny in my house and sent every piece of unused clothing, socks, pants, coats, blankets, towels etc. that I could find, which added up to 6 Large Trash bags full of good usable stuff that I hope gets to people who need it. This cost me nothing to do but a couple of hours of my time to bag all the stuff, and a RE Agent across the street took it to a shipping center in town that was sending donations to Houston.
I have never done this before. But this time got to me.
My Brother is just finishing his new home in Fort Meyers FL and Irma might take it out. Luckily he is fully insured and his family is up north. He is flying in the Middle East and can't be there. I am watching closely as to what happens there.
I'm in CA and we have "Earth Quakes!" The last one was in 1994 and it knocked some things off a shelf that broke in our house, and we were without power for part of the day. We spent the day in our camper watching TV. We had it really rough.
We have no idea what it is like to be affected like the people back east. Our hearts do go out to them.
Randy