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Water always wins.
Mar. 15th, 2010 11:17 amWe're having a slight water event here in the Boston area. Like, about eight inches of rain, apparently, which would certainly explain the inch of water that was in our basement last night, and the two inches there this morning. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jagpatel found shop-vacs on sale a few years ago and bought us one; good thing, too, because I filled it at least fifty times this morning. That's not an exaggeration; I was in the basement for an hour and a half, and though I lost count of the bucketfuls somewhere around #38, at a rate of roughly 1.75-2 minutes to fill and drain ten gallons of water, you get fifty buckets.
Huh. The interwebs tell me that's literally more thanone ton two tons of water. Go shop-vac!
The basement is busy replenishing its water supply right now, so I figure in another hour or so I'll go back downstairs in a scruffy t-shirt, jeans rolled up to my knees, and my LL Bean boots (I am one sexy beast today, let me tell you), and will vacuum more of this stuff out of the house. Ah, the joys of homeownership.
In other news, in case you are one of the few people who doesn't read XKCD regularly, today's is perfect. (And the rollover text is excellent, as usual.)
jagpatel found shop-vacs on sale a few years ago and bought us one; good thing, too, because I filled it at least fifty times this morning. That's not an exaggeration; I was in the basement for an hour and a half, and though I lost count of the bucketfuls somewhere around #38, at a rate of roughly 1.75-2 minutes to fill and drain ten gallons of water, you get fifty buckets.Huh. The interwebs tell me that's literally more than
The basement is busy replenishing its water supply right now, so I figure in another hour or so I'll go back downstairs in a scruffy t-shirt, jeans rolled up to my knees, and my LL Bean boots (I am one sexy beast today, let me tell you), and will vacuum more of this stuff out of the house. Ah, the joys of homeownership.
In other news, in case you are one of the few people who doesn't read XKCD regularly, today's is perfect. (And the rollover text is excellent, as usual.)