I feel your pain!

Here in middle TN we got somewhere between 4-6 inches over two days. It's all gone now, and it supposed to be in the 60's F by the end of the week.

That oughta keep you busy for a little while. :faint:

:rofl:
I wasn't the one that couldn't grasp. I only brained washed her into 'back-up'. :roflmao:








(and she shoots straight too) :nod:

Lol.

???

Context is a wonderful thing, Teddy bear , . I prefer to do without.

Mrs OF and I spent some time in PF territory a couple of years ago. At a meeting with his family, much ado was made over the fact that Australians (with very few exceptions) don't have basements and don't have furnaces. We don't have the cold that you have in the US and thus the need for big heat sources.

Thank you OF, I really appreciate the explanation.

Lookout, Lilith
 

No joke. Colin is projected to clobber you:

https://www.wunderground.com/hurric...cal-Storm-Colin

Are you sure the word was "clobber?" I thought they said, "Slobber," and I thought they were referring to Colin's reaction to Lilith. They say it'll be a big rain event. :shrug:

:D

It'll wash away the slobber, hopefully.

That'll help.

I flew out to Chicago that morning.

OMG!!!!! :eek:
She's getting closer.

:)

PF, Tried to drop a house on your old ass.

Be careful what you wish for. :rofl:







:doorpeek:

Giving up your land line.... you're so 1999.

You say that like it's a bad thing? :confused:

I've heard from Merciful Angel recently: the nasty flooding in West Virginia passed her by, and she's OK.

Thank heavens for that. Thanks for letting us know GG! :thumbs:

Yes. :thanks: GG

And crud, the ugly weather in South Australia. Supercell thunderstorms knocked out the entire state's power grid, then they were hit with massive amounts of rain. Tornadoes, thw whole works:
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...storm-on-record

I just hope everybody's OK.

Thanks for the update GG. Fortunately most of our Pixies are more north based but that is still not good news for a lot of them I know has family down that way. :wish:

Boy, it seems like the whole world has had a tough summer and early fall with heavy rains, storms, wind, high temperatures, etc. :faint:

That's why it's called the weather, DB. It's about whether we'll survive till next summer.

Good point, OF. :(

I'm fine. I was no where near this last monster storm. We got some wind but no rain even.

:sun:

I remember Kate back in 1985. Decided to go to a hurricane party on College Ave. I don't remember much... :p

Due to the storm surge of beer?

:rant: So what took you so long to let us know!?!? :hair:


... and answer your damn :fone:

Maybe she was spending the time in Seattle??? :confused:

Nah. The only reason I cared where she was is because my primary job in life is to block that one. :cool:

Oh, fan-fucking-tastic!
 

The basement's flooding again. A large part of which kept me away from Pixie's yesterday.

And it's not the water heater, as we originally thought.It's leaking in under the stairs, which means we'll have to take out part of the landing in order to get at the entry area for the water.

We're now suspecting a burst pipe somewhere in the yard, and that means a fight with the local water lords.

So, WSSC had two different guy out in the front yard, looking with probes & metal detectors for about 6 hours, and never found the shut-off valve. They then brought in a crew with electrical equipment, hooked that up to the pipe to magnetize it, to help find it. Then a backhoe to start digging. there's a big hole in our yard, parts of the sidewalk are missing, I have no idea what time in the morning that crew gave up (I was asleep), and we still have water service (meaning they NEVER found the shut-off valve), and consequently water leaking into our basement.

They left no notice?

Do you have a sump pump or submersible pump to help keep the water seeping in from rising too much, GG?

We indeed have a sump pump; but this was totally unable to keep up with the inflow. To give it credit, the break in the pipe *probably* happened last year, when Verizon came by, installed FiOS to the neighborhood, and in so doing, knocked the cover off the box for the inflow shut-off valve. And cracked the box surrounding the valve. The sump pump kept water out of the basement that long; in fact, a couple of months ago, I noticed the back yard becoming a swamp from the outflow from the sump pump. But eventually, the entire basement ground became saturated, and the water started flowing intoour basement.

So, yesterday, WSSC was back, I think (I was at work) installed a new shut-off valve, and was able to cut off the flow, whether or not it was from the old valve or the potential new one, I don't know.

Then we called the original plumber company back, and they sent out a guy who had no idea that anyone had been out here already, and was utterly confused about what we wanted and needed done.

So, now the original plumber from the company that was here on Monday, is back, with a crew of two helping him. They've dug a huge new hole in our front yard, cut out the drywall, and drilled through the basement concrete in order to install a new pipe, and are installing that now.

We still do not have water, and probably will not untl sometime tomorrow when WSSC can come back, inspect the job the plumbing company has done, and assuming appoval, turn the water back on, and refill the holes.

But at least we have no water leaking into our basement, that is fairly dry, and the back yard swamp has dried to the point where at least four of the frogs that were living in the swamp have moved to the pond (which has a pond liner, so that's good. We like our frogs).

And the later addendum:
They ended up digging the trench right up to our basement wall, next to the porch concrete, cut yet another hole in the drywall, and punched through the cinder block wall in order to install the new pipe. They knocked off of work as of 1945; they'd been at it since about 0900. Resuming around noon today. Looks like the installation is about half done, but then there's the mandatory inspection by WSSC, and presumably only after that can they refill the holes. Possibly no water until Friday.