so. much. rain.

[nonelvis]

BRB BUILDING AN ARK.

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[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

Here too. Is it the entire northeast?

BRB thanking my lucky stars I live in a relatively recently-built neighbourhood of Pittsburgh and thus do not have to worry about the sewer system backing up in to my basement. (http://www.3riverswetweather.org/d_weather/d_know.stm)

[nonelvis]

Looks like it's a wide front stretching from western PA into southern Maine.

We do sometimes get a little water in the basement when there's this much rain, but fortunately, no sewage.

[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

My theory about why I'm afraid of thunder and thunderstorms is that as a child every single house we lived in had the basement-flooding-with-sewage problem. It's incredibly common in the city, and even the house my parents live in now (which was not a home I ever lived in) has the problem. Because our sewer system is combined sewage and run-off and in most parts of town really really old, any heavy downpour will overflow the sewers, and any basement with a drain in the floor is fair game. It's disgusting and the city doesn't really have enough money to fix the problem. Really he best thing to do is hermetically seal that drain in your basement. My parents did that (though whatever they sealed it with was no match for the flash-flooding we had a couple weeks ago), after deciding that the washer overflowing was way way less of a risk than typical Pittsburgh summer weather driving sewage in to their basement on a regular basis.

Ick. The neighbourhood I live in now is a) at one of the highest points in the city and b) not built until the 1950's, so we're pretty much safe up there.

[orbitalmechanic.livejournal.com]

Seriously, is anyone in New England getting anything done today?

After eight years of fixing a million different run-off problems, my basement is not even wet! I am so excited.

[columbina.livejournal.com]

I'm trying real hard to get anything done and not doing a great job of it.

Also, I need a nap.

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

Yikes. Hope your sofa cushions double as flotation devices.

[nonelvis]

The rain stopped in the mid-afternoon, and our basement is still dry. More rain forecast for tomorrow and Saturday, though ...

[devjoe.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhh! I've been looking out for the ark-builder lately.

[nonelvis]

I think we have some spare wood on the porch. Time to start nailing it together, even if it isn't gopherwood.