Well, Darn....

Well, we are back from Wyoming and what a great trip it was! I have TONS of pictures and lots of things to tell but before I can focus on all of that...

We have a wet basement.

While we were gone, there was apparently a 30% chance of rain from Wednesday through Thursday night...well that 30% chance turned into 13.4 inches of rain!!!!

That's right...13.4 inches.

In 24 hours.

Needless to say, our sump pump couldn't keep up and we are left with a mess in our basement. One of our friends came over and shop vac'ed the whole basement and took out 300 gallons of water...when Greg and I got home at around 12:30 last night, we promptly went downstairs to survey the damage...the carpet is still soaked and as we walked on it to clear things out, the water continued to seep up from the pad. We worked until around 2:30 getting things out and we aren't even close to being done...

The basement has that fantastic wet smell that I simply cannot stand and a lot of things are going to have to be cleaned before going back in...it looks though as though the damage to the furniture might be minimal...I don't know though...we'll see once it comes out of there...

We aren't alone though...I know many people in our little town got hit hard by this 30% chance of rain...a local dam at a pond broke and blocked a main road in town, Truman's basketball courts and other various building had standing water, ATSU's library has to replace a lot of books, etc., and a lot of other people have water in their basements as well. No one around here is prepared to take on 13.4 inches of rain in that short of a time frame...

I will post some pictures later on...but please keep you fingers crossed for everyone in town....I hope that everyone can get things cleaned up and put back to normal soon!!!!

Thanks for stopping by! I will post some about Wyoming later on!!!!!