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Water always wins.
We'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.)
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*thumbsup*
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It's been raining crazy here, too, though I managed to sneak out yesterday to have an X-Files day with bonus Lost elements.
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I keep telling myself it could be worse: a friend heard parts of his chimney flying off in the wind Saturday night, and water is now coming in through his roof.
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The Mississippi and Missouri are a foot above flood stage already, and the snowcaps have not yet started to melt. Looks like we're in for another one of those springs. *wishes she owned stock in a sand company*
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Do you have a dehumidifier? They're not to expensive and do a really good job of drying things out after you get rid of the standing water.
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We don't have a dehumidifier, and picking one up this week sounds like an excellent idea. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Sorry to hear you're having such problems with the Great Nor'easter of '10. The weather reports I've been seeing indicate that it's moving veeerrrrry slooooooowly, so it may be around for a bit.
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Funny, the joke CWPC is trying to make with these products is pretty much exactly the kind of dumbass joke mouth-breathing knuckleheads make about female porn. I think CWPC may be missing the point here.
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People on the xkcd forums keep annoying me by saying that the comic doesn't get the point, which is that the whole "porn for women" thing is a joke. But it's a joke that depends on all the Women Are So Very Different From Men, Isn't It Hilarious stuff that I hate.
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*headdesk*
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And I must say, even for XKCD, that particular cartoon rocks.
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