water...everywhere

 the road we usually use to reach our house, the houses on this block had extensive water/damage in their basement, we are across the street and all things considering we were very lucky.  We had 9 inches of rain by the time the storm had cleared.  The water in our basement sat for most of the day on Thursday finally starting to drain late in the afternoon...Friday morning began the clean up process, removing totes, and damaged items, cleaning walls, floors and checking on major appliances...followed by a lot of bleach and cleaning.  by friday afternoon the pile at the curb was significant and the basement looked a whole lot better.  The smell of bleach lingered long into the next day.  Things are still piled high on tables and surfaces as we wait for walls to dry completely.  Fans continue to run as does the dehumidifier.  We were very fortunate in the damage we faced, the stuff we lost, was just that stuff, not important life stuff.  Many were not so lucky. 

 early Thursday morning, the kids were watching a tow truck push cars (5) out of the flooded intersection

 the view of the backyard and neighbors yard.

not what I wanted to see when I looked down the basement stairs thursday morning...totes floating in 10 inches of water was not cool.

The rain began on Wednesday early in the day and continued through the night.  Heavy rain.