Hi--
Wow--it's been a very weird 36 hours.
They call these storms "Nor'Easters," a big storm in March that mixes snow and sleet and rain...
For us, it was RAIN-RAIN-RAIN! And lots of wind and a little sleet, and about 10 inches of water in 3 days. This is all after ten days ago, when we had a 2-day rain, so the ground was already pretty saturated.
Combine those and other weird factors, and we had...lots...of...water. Flooding in streets and parking lots, closed roads. And the drumroll, please... Water...In...The...Whitesell's...Garage...And...Basement. AAaarrgghh!
Sunday night at 8 p.m. I went into the garage (lower level, same level as the basement) and saw water on the floor. Uh-oh.
Further study of the situation showed other places in the garage where there was water. Increasing levels of water. Water coming in through tiny dots in the cinderblock along the whole wall of the garage.
These walls are lined with storage shelves, of course, so it was emptying all those shelves to then move the shelves away from walls, to examine just where could this water be coming in...oh, look, there's a little stream coming from that hole, from that part of the wall.
That plumber's putty works to a POINT. But water was still getting in. Lots of putty patches later, it was still making puddles, which were still growing.
So when OUR lame wet/dry vac proved to be ineffective, we called the neighbors and luckily they had a bigger, better one. Two sump pumps going, and a wet/dry vac sopping up water. That was the first 12 hours, rain still pouring outside.
Morning came, after 3 of us (Frank, myself, and Frank's mom, Diane--here to help David, of course, but by the way, can you also stay up all night vacuuming up water??) had staggered through 3 hours of sleeping, in shifts.
Frank says, "Well, maybe you can stay home from work today after all...now it's coming into the laundry room and boiler room in the basement."
You can see how this went! Sit down and rest a minute, knowing you will pay for it in gallons of water when you get back up. Move stuff to a different location because here's a new puddle and that's a cardboard box, YUK!
12 hours ago, at 9:30 p.m., after 3 days and like I said 10 inchdes of water, the rain stopped.
Of course the water is still coming into our basement! But it is slowing down a LITTLE. The sun is out and it will be 50 for the rest of the week. There is hope! Kari
For us, it was RAIN-RAIN-RAIN! And lots of wind and a little sleet, and about 10 inches of water in 3 days. This is all after ten days ago, when we had a 2-day rain, so the ground was already pretty saturated.
Combine those and other weird factors, and we had...lots...of...water. Flooding in streets and parking lots, closed roads. And the drumroll, please... Water...In...The...Whitesell's...Garage...And...Basement. AAaarrgghh!
Sunday night at 8 p.m. I went into the garage (lower level, same level as the basement) and saw water on the floor. Uh-oh.
Further study of the situation showed other places in the garage where there was water. Increasing levels of water. Water coming in through tiny dots in the cinderblock along the whole wall of the garage.
These walls are lined with storage shelves, of course, so it was emptying all those shelves to then move the shelves away from walls, to examine just where could this water be coming in...oh, look, there's a little stream coming from that hole, from that part of the wall.
That plumber's putty works to a POINT. But water was still getting in. Lots of putty patches later, it was still making puddles, which were still growing.
So when OUR lame wet/dry vac proved to be ineffective, we called the neighbors and luckily they had a bigger, better one. Two sump pumps going, and a wet/dry vac sopping up water. That was the first 12 hours, rain still pouring outside.
Morning came, after 3 of us (Frank, myself, and Frank's mom, Diane--here to help David, of course, but by the way, can you also stay up all night vacuuming up water??) had staggered through 3 hours of sleeping, in shifts.
Frank says, "Well, maybe you can stay home from work today after all...now it's coming into the laundry room and boiler room in the basement."
You can see how this went! Sit down and rest a minute, knowing you will pay for it in gallons of water when you get back up. Move stuff to a different location because here's a new puddle and that's a cardboard box, YUK!
12 hours ago, at 9:30 p.m., after 3 days and like I said 10 inchdes of water, the rain stopped.
Of course the water is still coming into our basement! But it is slowing down a LITTLE. The sun is out and it will be 50 for the rest of the week. There is hope! Kari
3 comments:
sounds crazy...and not very fun...you've a alot going on the last few weeks...good luck!
is your basement finished off? it's crazy what a little water can do in a short amount of time. since we had bad fog (unusual here) in Jan. it is forecast that we will have lots of rain in the spring and summer. spring I can take, summer? bring on the heat!
Have you built an ark yet??? :) Sorry to hear about the water. That is not fun at all. But... glad to hear that David is doing well and is making such great strides. He has always been above average. Give him our love.
Post a Comment