Back from the flood!We had some major storms roll through Friday night that completely flooded our yard, street and basement! After a date with my mom to see Sex and the City (Will was out of town), I returned home to my new lake house!
Mom and I pep talked ourselves into a plan (which involved lots of laughter and an umbrella), and I breast-stroked my way to the front door, wondering why I had taken that instant-Dingy out of my purse! :) There was a car floating down the street (no joke), and I saw another one lift up and actually start floating as well. I felt like I was in a movie! After getting inside, and seeing that my car (tires underwater) was fine, my second-worst fears were realized. Water was shooting out of every crack in the basement walls and our storm-drain-turned-geyser was spraying tons of water wildly into our already flooding basement. I had about 35 minutes to grab everything I could, get it up high or upstairs before the power went out—about this time, I was up to my knees in water, and couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. Talk about creepy…. I don’t like being in my dry well-lit basement alone! Shortly thereafter, water begin pouring in around our fuse box so I got out of there immediately and spent the next couple hours watching the water rise helplessly, and listening to the sirens outside. Ugh.
I wish Will could have seen it.
Thanks to our great families, we had plenty of help all day yesterday getting the water out and slowly putting the pieces back together. Most of our major appliances are in big trouble, and we had a big tree down, but we are immensely grateful that we are both safe, and that we still have a roof, and now have power back on! Our neighbors were all our commiserating yesterday morning—the gal two doors down had water in her car’s cup holders!!!! It will be weeks before all is back to normal, but we are trudging through.
I shot a couple super quick picts when I got home. Hard to see much, but gives you an idea. The shot out my front door—you can see my porch steps covered in water and the lake that stretched over my yard, across the street and up to my neighbor’s door. The second pic is our driveway— note the neighbor’s large tree and all you can see is a bit of trunk sticking out.
Mom and I pep talked ourselves into a plan (which involved lots of laughter and an umbrella), and I breast-stroked my way to the front door, wondering why I had taken that instant-Dingy out of my purse! :) There was a car floating down the street (no joke), and I saw another one lift up and actually start floating as well. I felt like I was in a movie! After getting inside, and seeing that my car (tires underwater) was fine, my second-worst fears were realized. Water was shooting out of every crack in the basement walls and our storm-drain-turned-geyser was spraying tons of water wildly into our already flooding basement. I had about 35 minutes to grab everything I could, get it up high or upstairs before the power went out—about this time, I was up to my knees in water, and couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. Talk about creepy…. I don’t like being in my dry well-lit basement alone! Shortly thereafter, water begin pouring in around our fuse box so I got out of there immediately and spent the next couple hours watching the water rise helplessly, and listening to the sirens outside. Ugh.
I wish Will could have seen it.
Thanks to our great families, we had plenty of help all day yesterday getting the water out and slowly putting the pieces back together. Most of our major appliances are in big trouble, and we had a big tree down, but we are immensely grateful that we are both safe, and that we still have a roof, and now have power back on! Our neighbors were all our commiserating yesterday morning—the gal two doors down had water in her car’s cup holders!!!! It will be weeks before all is back to normal, but we are trudging through.
I shot a couple super quick picts when I got home. Hard to see much, but gives you an idea. The shot out my front door—you can see my porch steps covered in water and the lake that stretched over my yard, across the street and up to my neighbor’s door. The second pic is our driveway— note the neighbor’s large tree and all you can see is a bit of trunk sticking out.
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