Post #385413 by Lake Surfer on Sat, Jun 7, 2008 11:01 PM

Thanks guys for your compliments. :)

A bit stressed out right now, but I need a break while the fans work.

We got a little wet here. Its still raining as I type. Been raining for 3 days straight, but Saturday it started again at 3 and we got 5 inches in the span of 2 hours. The yard couldn't hold it anymore. It came in through the windows, the sump overflowed even with the pump running. Water everywhere. We tried sandbagging for 2 hours to no success. So much for Hale Nalu for now. So much for my workshop for now.

The rest of the basement's contents we slowly carried up the stairs. It looks like we are just moving into the house again... stuff everywhere.

There was a half hour break in the action. The sump pump caught up a bit. Some of the water in the yard drained.

That revealed more damage. A big portion of the landscaping is trashed. Has to be redone or fixed if it can be.

We've got fans running and things are drying a little. But predictions are for this whole thing to happen again tomorrow afternoon into Monday.

Keeping my fingers crossed the rain ends and we get things dried out, for Wednesday is coming up quick and we have to be on the road.

Hopefully we'll see many of you on Thursday.

At least the walls are intact...

No more tiki fountain, for now...

To the lower left is where the sump pump is, and was overflowing. To the upper right is the window that became a tropical waterfall intro my workshop for 4 hours.

Please, make it stop raining!

[ Edited by: Lake Surfer 2008-06-08 17:17 ]