LONG NIGHT
It was a LONG night of storms here. Lots of thunder, lightening and RAIN. It rained really hard from about 12:30-2 and again from about 6:30-7:30. We checked the sump pump off and on all night long waiting for it to overflow. Jake crawled in bed with us at about 2 & shortly after that Scott went to the basement to attempt to sleep & keep up with the pump. At about 7:30 or so, Scott bailed about 12 bucketfuls out of the pit and that allowed the pump to get caught up. SO, no water in the basement as of now! YEAH!!! Let's just hope the rain stays away!
Scott called a little bit ago & has someone coming my way to look at installiing a larger sump pump & the piping that goes with that OR he will let us know if it is a drainage in our yard issue. I hope we get answers ASAP.
No word on the situation in downtown Cedar Falls. We are still being told to limit electricity and water usage, so I'm guessing we aren't out to the woods yet.
Despite all of the mess happening here, there are some things to be thankful for...I am thankful that we aren't one of the homes that has been evacuated in CF or another nearby town. I'm thankful that we don't have water sitting in our basement or in our main floor. I'm thankful that we weren't hit 2 weeks ago by the EF5 tornado that wiped out Parkersburg just miles from us.
Will post more later today or tomorrow morning. Will try to get pics up if my internet cooperates. Also, please excuse the typos on the previous post...I was in a hurry & didn't use spell check.
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