Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Nature Decided to Give Me an Indoor Pool

I don't know just how broad this knowledge is, but my little corner of the U.S. is experiencing quite a bit of rain lately. In fact, last Friday will forever be remembered by me as the day I got an indoor pool.
That's not my basement (obviously). It's my driveway the flooded road right in front of my house. My driveway has quite a dip down to the road, so that's a LOT of water. Here's another pic:
One of many cars that thought they could get down the road. They were wrong. I tried to get a picture of my basement, but after someone I love dearly played with it, the flasher doesn't work. I can't figure out why. And it won't take pictures it deems are too dark to see. It's a fancy camera, so it likes to boss me around. Instead, let me tell you what you would have seen had I been able to take a picture: About a foot to a foot-and-a-half of water with tools and wood and clothes floating around. A half submerged washer and dryer. And a waterfall coming out of some pipe connected to the sewer. Yes. That's what I said. Sewer. Speaking of! I'm sure this doesn't apply to all teenagers, and I'm sure it DOES apply to many adults, but what is up with people playing in the middle of a flooded road? The girls across my street thought it would be fun to go romp in the deep, warm rain water. They knew their own basement was flooded. I'm reasonably sure they knew the vast majority of the basements on that road were flooded. And I'm aware that as a teen myself, I never really considered what was in a basement and what caused it to flood, but wouldn't their parents (who saw them) say something?? Like, "hey, that's poopy water you're playing in."
Well, that was my weekend! And the reason I didn't post yesterday. Without a dryer, I'm officially hanging all my clothes, but not outside because it's still raining. So I spent the day drying heavy stuff at my mom's house and hanging the rest in my kitchen. How was your weekend, everyone?

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  1. These photos look like what I remember from massive summer thunderstorms in the Midwest. And yes, we always played in the "lake" out in the street too.

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    1. Well, I hope in flood zones they do sewers in a slightly different way. Here in WNY, if it floods like this, we aren't swimming alone. o.O

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  2. Yeah we've had a lot of flooding here, too. My friend's car was flooded up past the seats and it was totalled. But at least i haven't had to water my yard or garden!

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    1. Oh no! That really sucks. I hope his/her insurance covers it. :( And no, I haven't had to water my garden, either, but the weeds are taking over. My poor little plants.

      I hope you guys stay safe! All this rain is crazy!

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  3. Yikes! Hope things get better soon. Some things we just have to suffer through and write about later. . .

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    1. Thank you! Yeah, this is definitely good writing material. :)

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  4. Severe bummer! Sorry for your troubles! :)

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  5. Sorry about all the rain. Poopy water, ew.

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    1. Yes, very ew. :P <---that's my disgusted ew face, not a silly face.

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  6. Its so hot in NorCal my cooler never shuts off. Gads, I wish I could qualify for a program to pay the PG&E bill. Ugh, I'd hate to be flooded though. Hope you didn't lose anything too valuable.

    .........dhole

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  7. Eek, that's a lot of water.

    I spent my weekend rushing around, getting ready for my publishing date on Tuesday. It was fun but stressful.

    Jai

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