The Flood

Now I know why we have so many boats at our house...we're trying to be prepared for when the next flood comes. Which happened to be yesterday! The only problem is that the flood happened INSIDE the house and the boats were OUTSIDE. John woke me during the night to tell me it was flooding. Well, duh, it's been raining hard for more than a day. We quit flushing the toilets and draining water earlier because the septic tank was full. So I just said, "I know it's been raining a long time." He said, "No, I mean is flooding in here!" I looked down at the floor, stepped out of bed, and learned, yep, sure enough, there was about 4 inches of water covering the bedroom floor.


We got up to assess the damage. There really wasn't much other than the carpet. The dogs and cats were very confused. Apollo kept looking at the bathroom where the litter box is and looking at me. Finally, I asked, "Do you want me to move it to higher ground?" I moved it to the girls' bathroom. He immediately went in (with his wet paws) and started to dig. Then he began to fling his paws around inside the box, banging on the sides and top, and soon was grumbling and growling. The litter was sticking to his damp feet, and he was cussing about it.


We picked up anything that might get messed up by the water in the areas that were flooded (bathroom, bedroom, closet, living room, and kitchen). John got his snack. The animals found dry places to sleep and John reminded me that the bed was dry - so we climbed back in about 2:30 and went back to sleep.


Luckily, they decided to start school later to allow the waters to recede before picking up kids in buses, so we had the morning to clean up some. We were able to dry the bathroom and the kitchen, but the carpet in the other areas was soaked. After school we tried to vacuum up the water, but that proved to be fruitless, so we spend the evening pulling carpet out. DA's boyfriend, A, was there to help with some of the heavy lifting so we were able to get it all out of the house. Now comes the hard part - deciding what to do with the floor that is left. Carpet, wood, laminate, paint, tile? Too many choices. Maybe we'll get it done the week of Thanksgiving when I have all week off...