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Flood update #6: OK, Alert over (finally) all the water is out of basement, and floor (mostly ) dry. tomorrow is , however, another day

Flood update #5: seems the rain has started up again, and we have more water.

Flood update #3: I am so not having a good time

Flood update #2: the water seems to be coming in (slightly) faster than it is going out, and I have the makings of a nice puddle already, and no letup in the rain.

Flood update: I just engaged the sump pump.

My house is on a hill, far from the shore, and well above the water table. Unfortunately, there is a drain in the floor in my basement. Precisely why it is there is something of a mystery to me. Apparently, the drain leads to a pipe that is the overflow from my washing machine. The water from the washing machine dumps into the pipe then empties into what is called a French Well. About three or four years ago the well must have collapsed in on itself. Not usually a problem — except when it rains; a lot.

When it rains, the water backs up the drain pipe and into my basement. this happened three years ago and I got some 3-4 inches of water in my basement. Two years ago it happened again. Last year I was ahead of the curve and had a sump pump set up and was able to circumvent the flood.

It has been raining quite a bit for quite some time now.

I looked into the drain pipe and well, the water is about an inch or so below the rim. I am not very happy. I was planning on going to work today for one of my clients (after I finished my work for another client), but well, now I’m not so sure. I’m afraid if I leave the water will rise once again to flood conditions, so, I guess I’m going to hang around and man the sump pump.

More as it happens.

The Perfessor