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Last Saturday night a huge thunderstorm system rolled through our area. Some people had trees down and a lot of damage. We didn’t lose power this time and suffered no real exterior damage but the ground couldn’t handle all the rainwater. Reports said we received between 8 to 12 inches of rain in a very short time. Streets and basements were flooded including ours. Thankfully we did a major clean-up in our basement a couple of months ago and most things have been stored in plastic totes with covers.
It is days like these I am thankful we are renting our home because the water was coming in so fast that by the time the landlord got here there was more than 3 feet of water down there and some of the totes were tipped over or floating. Surprisingly, none of them popped open.
Our landlord is much younger and more agile than us and he knew where a release valve was and a good old plumber’s wrench opened that baby up and the water started to go down immediately. He has returned almost every day since then to remove any lingering water and to relight the water heater and the furnace. He brought in fans to dry it out and will be replacing the dehumidifier that didn’t survive its plunge. I would have hated for Mr. Dollycas to handle all this on his own.
Tuesday was a mostly cloudy day and we had a little rain but we were able to travel to watch our granddaughter Natalie play a softball doubleheader. She pitched the first couple of innings and did a fantastic job. They tied the first game 7 – 7 and won the second 15 – 9.
Then on Wednesday, we had just a short drive to watch Remi’s baseball game. I think I have mentioned this is his 1st year playing and he is now pitching too. According to Mr. Dollycas, he has a perfect batting stance. I think he has played every position except catcher. Again the teams started evenly matched but soon Remi and his teammates started making incredible hits. We heard a lot of pings as the bats hit the balls. In his league, they have to play a minimum of 4 innings but the game was out of hand. Our coaches held the boys to one base at a time and then the other team had the bottom of the 4th inning to try to catch up. That didn’t happen. Our kids were thrilled to win 16 – 2, but everyone felt bad for the players and coaches on the other team. They had an off night, and we were on fire. The weather was great too.
The rest of the week we stuck around home doing our normal work, reading, watching television, repeat. It was much cooler all week too, so we could turn off the air conditioners and breathe some fresh air.
How was your week?
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Oh my goodness, that is a lot of rain!! So glad that all of your things were protected. Have a great week!- hopefully one with less flooding!
That’s the kind of rain we have during tropical storms and hurricanes! Whew! I’m glad your landlord was able to fix the basement problem quickly.
And look at those kids play ball! Amazing!
I need that rain more. Its been hot and humite here. Hope everything dries up soon.
Have a great week.
My goodness! What a week!
Great news re your landlord…you are so lucky with him…
good on the grands for their great games!
Wow, so much rain. I’m so glad the mess in your basement wasn’t worse and your landlord is taking care of things!
Jill
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