Well, for fuck's sake.

Our disturbingly and abnormally large amount of snow began to melt with a vengeance today. Combine that with the non-stop rain -I woke up at 7 am and it was already pouring and hasn't really stopped yet. The roomie and I live in a basement suite. At about 11 am there was a bit of water on his bedroom floor. An hour later, everywhere but the kitchen was a lake.

Oh that sucks


It has been pouring rain all day here and almost all the counties in western NC are under flood warnings and tornado watches

Mach said:

Thanks.

Rain's usually the norm for weather out here, but we had a freakish amount of snow over Christmas. (most years we're lucky to get an inch, this year it was over a foot ) Now it's warm enough today that the pouring rain's combined with the melting snow and is wreaking havoc. A lot of side streets have water a couple inches high at this point.

I wouldn't be surprised if other people in basement suites found themselves the new owners of indoor pools today.

meow85 said:

Damn

My ridding ring is totally flooded and it's still pouring

and it on the top of a mountianside

go figure

Mach said:

Gotta love this time of year.

I'm on the bottom of a hill so I suspect that had something to do with the leakage. Good thing I have a 2 hour break between morning and afternoon classes so I could be there when it started. I'd hate to have come home at 5 to find water up to my knees.

I feel your pain..

we had the sewers back up in our basement a few yrs ago...thankfully it was only 2 corners rather than the entire basement. but we are still on edge wondering if it might happen again.

cant wait to move.

sorry.

My prayers go out to you & your family.

well dang... betcha wish you were in nice dry kelowna right about now!

what the heck did you do with everything? do you have renter's insurance?

emm said:

We moved everything that could possibly get water damage off the floor with the quickness. Most of what we own is hanging from the ceiling or balanced precariously on the couch right now.

Our landlord's insurance should take care of any damage, and since he's a contractor himself he's already hard at work ripping up the floor and walls to fix them. Last night we both found friends to crash with, and my dog's in the kennel for the time being. After this the landlord and his girlfriend -who live in the upstairs of the house -have offered to let us stay with them until the water's fully drained and repairs can be made.

Naw, I'm still glad I'm not in Kelowna. They had a snowstorm yesterday. I'd rather deal a bit of dampness than freeze my piercings off.

sonic said:

That's horrible!

I guess I can be thankful it was nice, clean rainwater coming in and not sewer backup.

It POURED here from 11 pm last night to 10 am - not it's snowing I LOVE the mountians

did you gum come yet ?

I think they said it would take 9 11 days

if itpassed the BOMB test

Is this your new place??!!!??

Mach said:

^ I look drunk

Thanks, everybody.

I hope your personal belongings are ok

Are you covered by insurance?

Mach said:

Nothing's arrived yet that I know of, but I haven't been home since 4 pm yesterday to check, either.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yup.


It's an older house, so combine that with uncharacteristically weird weather and the building just couldn't handle it. Under normal Vancouver rainy conditions this wouldn't have happened, but with a foot's worth of melting snow, it was just too much for the old thing to handle. Just a freak weather accident.

meow85 said:

You live in Vancouver??? I LOVE Vancouver! I have to get back there again. Wonderful city. I was a street waif there

luv4u said:

We tried to get insurance, but even including the electronics what we own didn't add up to enough to get coverage.

We'll probably have to replace a few things like the rug in the living room and my DVD rack, but nothing huge or costly. Thankfully the water only got a few inches high and we were quick to move any valuables off the floor. So glad we were both home yesterday -my computer and TV were both on the floor.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I love it here, even wiht the stupid weather! Before I made the decision to get the hell out of Kelowna, I spent a long time deliberating which city to call my new home. I'm glad I chose this one.

meow85 said:

I love love Vancouver!!

luv4u said:

That said, I'm kind of jealous of you for living in Edmonton. That's my real hometown, and I miss it. I even considered going back there until I remembered how much I loathe prairie winters.

sorry to hear that-glad that u were home at the time so u were able to save ur computer (among ur other things)

i enjoy ur thought provoking threads/posts

take care

I had my basement flood one time during a hurricane. I had to throw a lot of stuff out. It's good you were able to save most of your stuff.

sweet said:

Thanks.

1sexymf said:

Sorry to hear that.

Sorry to hear that Meow, hope you get sorted and dry soon

meow85 said:

man- that sucks

and i thought the water in my sons bedroom from the garden locker at the back of the house was bad