Last night in Calgary it rained and thundered and there was lightning and hail, and water seeping into the basement, which we mopped and cleaned for several hours until all was dry.
But the rain kept up, and this morning the basement had 2 inches of water in it, so I've been bailing since 7 AM. Thank god for the frog boots, is all I can say.
The rain is supposed to keep on all day. I know what I'm doing for the next 14 hours. Hope it's dry where you are.
Oooooooooooh that SUCKS!!!!!! Shit, I feel your pain. We have some basement leakage but not that bad, and I know what a freak out it causes when it rains like mad. Shit. Sorry. At least you do have those frog boots to brighten things a little bit. Shit.
Posted by: Kamala | June 06, 2007 at 09:35 AM
Crap! On a brighter note, it's kinda West Coast like. How's it going now??
Posted by: BReid | June 08, 2007 at 11:10 AM
We have 3 rooms to tear carpet out of, and we're almost done the biggest one. 3 rooms full of bookshelves and records which are heavy and must be moved before we can move the bookshelves. It's all going into the 4th room, in plastic bins, because that room "seeps" during rainstorms, and there's more rain expected. We have to start the pump up every 2 hours (which is better than having it on ALL the time, so the water is slowing down) but it means you have to get up every 2 hours all night to babysit the thing, too. Did I mention we both start new jobs on Monday so we won't have time for this 3 days from now?
I HATE carpeting. Who carpets a basement?! What the hell?
It's a fucking mini Katrina here, I tell you. Where's my FEMA trailer?
Posted by: Sump Pump Sally | June 08, 2007 at 02:15 PM
At least you have reptiles for feet, otherwise you'd be screwed.
Posted by: 14 | June 09, 2007 at 11:15 AM