Our Flooded Basement

Well about the flooded basement. . . . It all happened the night of June 3rd - it hasn't stopped raining here in New England for over 3 weeks straight & the water tables are very high & tons of flooding. I hope we see some sun soon cuz its so depressing & very wet. Anyway our sump pump in the basement must have crapped out during the night. My step daughter Cara & I were watching a movie & it was actually about a mom & her daughter that moved into a high rise apt bldg in NY & it kept flooding. So after the movie Cara went downstairs to bed (her room is down there) & she came back up & said, "Mom, is there suppose to be water all over the floor downstairs." I went downstairs to look & sure enough water was coming in on most of the sides of the foundation. So I woke up my husband & he went down & looked at the sump pump & confirmed it was not working. Then he said we probably wouldn't get much more water in & he went to sleep. When we got up on Sunday am the whole entire basement (all 7 rooms) were flooded bigtime, every last inch of the basement was soaked with between 2-4" of water depending where you were. We lost lots of carpets, vinyl flooring, an entertainment center, anything that was on the floor, boxes of pictures, etc. I now learned the hard way I will NEVER pack anything in boxes again, always in plastic bins. Cuz ya never know when that one time flood will happen. I've lived here for 14 yrs & never had more than a tiny bit of water come in the basement near the bulkhead. This was horrible. Its still so wet down there & now the whole house smells like wet musty smell. If it ever stops raining maybe we can air out a couple of the carpets we are keeping & get them to dry out. I need the sunshine soon . . . can anyone send some sun my way please ................................
6 Comments:
Hi, I'm Charla! I found your blog through the comments on my friend Courtney's site(waitingonmysoldier)
My boyfriend Steve is over in Iraq with Courtney's husband. They are in the same unit! I will keep your step-son in my thoughts and prayers. I hope this flooding will ease up for you, I can't imagine having to deal with that! Take care and stop by my site anytime! Standingbymyman
Charla
Oh wow! I'm so sorry. I can't imagine. I'll keep you in my thoughts & prayers.
Oh BTW I forgot to tell ya,
You look no where near old enough to be a grandma:)
Love,
Court
Thanks Courtney - for the not looking old enough to be a gramma comment. LOL I hope i stay looking young. Yup the basement is a huge mess. Still have lots of drying out to do & cleaning up too.
Hi Charla, thanks for the prayers for my step son. He's home on leave right now & its so nice to have him home. I'm glad you found my blog. I added a link to your blog on my page. Hugs, Karen
ugh, my comment didn't go through before. I hate blogger sometimes. I'm so sory to hear about your basement! I was thinking about you not too long ago when I heard about all the rain. Good luck!
Hi, I Glo! Friend of Charla and Courtney. I also found you through Courts site.
My husband is also in Iraq.We will keep your step-son in our Prayers. Hope all your water problems are over soon.Congrats on the new grandson. Stop by my site sometime.youngatheart-glo.Also you could send some of that rain to Missouri we need it....
Love and God bless,
Glo
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