Water Water Everywhere

I've been dealing with the flooding here in Massachusetts for two weeks now. I've never had water in my basement until recently. I spent today bailing out. I had a couple of pumps running constantly. I've been at it for 15hrs today. My basement is a mess. I had a nice bar and wall to wall carpeting. All the carpet had to come up and I'm still pumping water and to think I'm one of the lucky ones. A lot of people have it worse. The good new is I probably ran up and down the cellar stairs with an eight gallon bucket of water at least a hundred times in the last couple of days and my pacer hasn't let me down yet. It's like a Timex. It takes a licking and keeps on ticking. With all this water I thought it would take a dripping and keep on skipping. As much as it rots dealing with all this water, I'm sure glad my energy is back.
Happy Pacing,
Bob

6 Comments

Noah

by ccmoore - 2010-03-31 10:03:43

And God asked Noah to built a boat, and Noah asked Why?

God replied, how long can you tread water?

Hang in there.

Later,
Charlie

Ain't Funny ~ ~

by Carolyn65 - 2010-03-31 11:03:42

No chance of flooding here at my home on the high ground. After looking at all the pics on the media of all the flooding up in the Northeast, wow, what a mess.

Save the bar! If you save nuttin' else, save the bar. Throw an "Ark" party after the clean-up.


Glad to hear your lil' energizer bunny just keeps on going & going up/down stairs, lifting heavy water buckets and generally dealing with the stress. God Bless You.

If the "Ark" comes by my house, stop for a cup of coffee and visit. (LOL)

This too shall pass, and you will still have your nice home.
Bear Hugs to All the Water Club Members,
Carolyn G. in TEXAS ~ Spring Flowers/Bees/Bugs

water

by Shell - 2010-04-01 04:04:35

I know how you feel. This the first time in about 10 yrs we got water in our basement. Luckilly ours isn't a finished one but we still had a bunch of stuff in it. We lost a few things but compared to some parts of MA (or RI) we're still very lucky. It's nice to see the sun out now and hope it stays out for a while.

Water and floods

by pacergirl - 2010-04-01 08:04:39

I can still remember the fear in my Mother and Father's eyes during the flood of 1964. I was about 10 years old. the entire North Coast of California (where I lived) was cut off from the rest of the world. It lasted for weeks. Houses floating down rivers, boats, trees, animals, roofs of buildings everywhere. It was a very scary time. People stranded, food was scarce, there was a lot of fear. No school, trees down everywhere. The rivers flooded, the rain wouldn't stop and the ocean tide was extremely high. It was a national disaster. Much of it caused by deforestation.
I am so glad that you are not in such dire straights. I hope that your basement can be repaired and that your pacemaker continues to do a great job of keeping you healthy. I shall keep you in my prayers.
PG

dryer weather

by qwerty - 2010-04-01 09:04:25

I hope you have dryer weather soon and get everything dried out.





2002

by painthorse - 2010-04-02 11:04:10

I can empathize with ya'. We had two so called 500 year floods within 4 or 5 years. We live less than a mile from the dam that many "experts" were saying was in danger of bursting. I was so glad that before I would agree to buy this place a few years ago that I had to know that our house was above the dam. That didn't stop me from being a bit nervous about the idea of living on an island for a period of time. It did finally stop raining and the dam held and we went into a severe 21/2 year drought. Seems like it is feast or famine.....I so hope ya'll get some relief soon.

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