It’s been a busy summer already, and I haven’t made time to consistently blog. Not only that, but a week ago, we had this crazy rainfall that flooded much of the town we live in. Thank goodness we didn’t get any seepage in the basement, but my husband’s parents did… again. We live about 2 miles north of them, and they took in about 7″ or 8″ inches of water in the basement, and then the power went out. No sump pump, no air conditioning. Not fun. Oh, did I mention it was sweltering that day? And, it’s been 90 degrees or more this past week, too? The in-laws have been camping out at our place in the evenings.
We were concerned that we might get some water in the house. The gutters were overflowing (as seen above) and there was a nice pool of water by our back door. I was afraid it would breach the foundation, or the door seal, or something? You never know where water will get into. But, we were safe… we just have to watch out for all the mosquitos from all the standing water everywhere. Yuck.
So, with things settling down, I’ll be back with more food, crafts and adventures.
We, too, got water…. again! What’s with these sewers! Sorry about your in-laws but glad you guys are OK!
Still love the blog!
Seriously, I’m very wary about the drainage and stormwater management in town. Sometimes I wonder what the Engineering department is doing about it. In high school and college, I worked for the municipality where I grew up and the summer of 1989 had to physically go to every manhole, open it up (with help), and measure all the depths of the pipes. I would hand draft drawings and measurements…found out where drainage was an issue. I had to watch video of the stormwater pipes, too, and report on where I’d find leaks, cracks, etc. Not much fun then, But I understood the importance.