ditchdr
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First a little back ground as to why I ma so stressed..
I live in a 3 story condo that is part of a 4 unit building.. I own all but 1 of them. The way they are set up is on mine is on the far right if looking from the front. I have added a much larger garage to mine (from a 1 car to 3 car) with balcony above the adition that is right off out living room.. The bottom floor is the garage, and a single room that is 10X10 or so that is my office as well as the play room for Jake.. It has 2 layers of padding under the carpet so Jake does not split his head open when he falls.
Now being my unit is on the end it is every so slightly down hill from the other 3. Nomaly not a big deal,,, Till now.
I awaken Friday to a monsoon going on, no big deal we have been told it is going to rain today.. I go to the garage/shop and go about my normal stuff, fix this invoice that, order this and so on... I shut the doors at 4pm and head up stairs to help the wife get the spare bed room ready cause her parents were coming for a visit..
The skys dumped rain all night. I watched the news and we had over 6 inches of rain since noon with more comming. I walk out to smoke a cig before I go to bed and notice our street is flooded, like knee deep flooded. Not a big deal to me cause the complex is uphill from the street.. Go to bed and dream about Busas, and candy canes.
Next moring I am awakend at 7am by a knock at the front door, its my in laws.. Since our front door is on the second level of our house I did not go all the way down stairs.
Dad and mom come in we sit and chill for a bit get caught up when dad wants to see his new (old) bike. We stop by the ice box grab a cold Coke on the way to the down the stairs into the ofice/play room and out to the shop.. last 4 steps are dripping wet, my Spidey sence knew something was not good. I try to oen the door and it wont budge.. Ok we will go throught the roll up garage door.. When i open the door I see dirt patterns running across the shop floor as well as parts all piled in one corner that were once on the shelves through out the garage.. I think well this is freaking GREAT... I walk over open up the office door and the place is a MESS. my desk is turned on its side and wedged against the other door, Jakes toys are in a pile against the wall, paper work is melted into the carpet, the drywall is soaking wet from the floor to about 3 1/3 feet high up the wall..
Then the phone starts to ring..
Not only has my unit gotten flooded, but the other 2 I own have as well.. Most of the damage was to washing machines, and dry wall,, I have the contractors out here today doing repair work on the other units then will fix mine this week.
Seems once I went to bed the storm drains finaly got over taken by the water, we think it is the big ditch at the other end of the property that finaly over flowed, but either way we got flooded...
Sorry for no pic, but my digial cam as well as phone were both setting on my desk when the waters came
I live in a 3 story condo that is part of a 4 unit building.. I own all but 1 of them. The way they are set up is on mine is on the far right if looking from the front. I have added a much larger garage to mine (from a 1 car to 3 car) with balcony above the adition that is right off out living room.. The bottom floor is the garage, and a single room that is 10X10 or so that is my office as well as the play room for Jake.. It has 2 layers of padding under the carpet so Jake does not split his head open when he falls.
Now being my unit is on the end it is every so slightly down hill from the other 3. Nomaly not a big deal,,, Till now.
I awaken Friday to a monsoon going on, no big deal we have been told it is going to rain today.. I go to the garage/shop and go about my normal stuff, fix this invoice that, order this and so on... I shut the doors at 4pm and head up stairs to help the wife get the spare bed room ready cause her parents were coming for a visit..
The skys dumped rain all night. I watched the news and we had over 6 inches of rain since noon with more comming. I walk out to smoke a cig before I go to bed and notice our street is flooded, like knee deep flooded. Not a big deal to me cause the complex is uphill from the street.. Go to bed and dream about Busas, and candy canes.
Next moring I am awakend at 7am by a knock at the front door, its my in laws.. Since our front door is on the second level of our house I did not go all the way down stairs.
Dad and mom come in we sit and chill for a bit get caught up when dad wants to see his new (old) bike. We stop by the ice box grab a cold Coke on the way to the down the stairs into the ofice/play room and out to the shop.. last 4 steps are dripping wet, my Spidey sence knew something was not good. I try to oen the door and it wont budge.. Ok we will go throught the roll up garage door.. When i open the door I see dirt patterns running across the shop floor as well as parts all piled in one corner that were once on the shelves through out the garage.. I think well this is freaking GREAT... I walk over open up the office door and the place is a MESS. my desk is turned on its side and wedged against the other door, Jakes toys are in a pile against the wall, paper work is melted into the carpet, the drywall is soaking wet from the floor to about 3 1/3 feet high up the wall..
Then the phone starts to ring..
Not only has my unit gotten flooded, but the other 2 I own have as well.. Most of the damage was to washing machines, and dry wall,, I have the contractors out here today doing repair work on the other units then will fix mine this week.
Seems once I went to bed the storm drains finaly got over taken by the water, we think it is the big ditch at the other end of the property that finaly over flowed, but either way we got flooded...
Sorry for no pic, but my digial cam as well as phone were both setting on my desk when the waters came
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