Church in the morning and a flood at night! Fun! We had quite a hard downpour, which because of a large unattended to BBQ cover blocking the down spout, all ended up in a bedroom window well and right into the bedroom! In preparation for her upcoming move, Cabra happened to go downstairs to 'raid' things from her old bedroom and found the mess. There was standing water on the floor and the water had filled the window well about a quarter the way up the window. It looked like an aquarium- seriously! (The bedroom next door is a sea scape/cabana room- it would have gone prefectly with that theme!) We were glad the kids were all still here to help- bless their hearts! We also called my brother over (a plumber and jack-of-all-things-necessary). Jeremy jumped right in the window well and started handing buckets of water out to Kelly, Mike discovered the problem and set about to stop/prevent the problem (thankfully the rain had stopped by this time) while the girls, with mega towels and buckets in hand, started to deal with the flood inside. Then we got a 'shop vac' going, moved out the furniture, the guys later stripped out all the carpeting and padding (the padding we pitched) and set the fans going. Fun project for sure! We're so thankful everyone pitched in to help and so thankful Cabra went a-raidin'!
Jeremy in the window well...
The girls helping out...
Carpet and padding stripped out...
Cabana Room dismantled...
Downstairs rec room doubling as an emergency storage room, so to speak...
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