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Our Own Personal Niagara Falls

Today was a very unusual day.

Coco had a yucky day. She ate something that didn't agree with her and didn't feel well.

She didn't feel well many times. On almost an hourly basis for about 5 hours. This kept us on our toes all day.

And it rained VERY hard today. And also hailed.

When we checked the new extended downspout in the front of the house, we were very proud little homeowners. It was working very well.

So we checked the back of the house, just out of curiousity.

And realized that the back sidewalk was ANKLE DEEP in water. Which I tested out...yup, ankle deep. Love those Teva's.

This made me wonder...hmm. How is the basement doing? So I trotted down there. Everything looked dry! Great! And then, I heard the sound of rushing water. So I opened the back door which is at the bottom of some steps under the back room of the house. Actually it is the SECOND back door. We have 2 doors there...one at backyard level and one at basement level.

Luckily we had decided to have the pipes under the house rodded clear of debris the first week we moved over. Because the drain and the pipes were keeping our own personal NIAGARA FALLS from flooding into the basement.

Notice how I popped the top off of the drain? This is because it was draining a tad bit more slowly than it needed to for this onslaught of water.

Like I said, it was an unusual day.

Splash!

Posted by jeanne on August 3, 2003 at 11:30 PM (3)

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