tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post6660400575899829447..comments2024-01-18T09:29:42.707-05:00Comments on Biking in Heels: Riding in a flash floodCyclerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072776738519243521noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-20458141308211549472010-07-20T22:37:23.356-04:002010-07-20T22:37:23.356-04:00I'm not sure how I missed this! I'm sooo ...I'm not sure how I missed this! I'm sooo sorry! There's really nothing worse than having some sort of household disaster!!MandGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05961629785452003493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-6397100320759139542010-07-13T11:06:58.605-04:002010-07-13T11:06:58.605-04:00Uh...
Hope you get your basement sparkling clean ...Uh...<br /><br />Hope you get your basement sparkling clean and forget about the whole thing.<br /><br />Also:<br /><br />It's terrible to hear about the Harvard libraries. Leaving books over the weekend in standing water?! Now I am definitely not paying that fine. :)MDIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810401918223629618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-6179951424280445632010-07-13T08:35:23.017-04:002010-07-13T08:35:23.017-04:00We also had water rush into the shop thru the back...We also had water rush into the shop thru the back door at the base of the stairwell. There is a drain there and I never gave a thought to the sewage part. I guess we'll know today when we return to basement...Good luck with your clean up. Also, you might want to check out a product, Nature's Miracle. I used this once on a rental property I had where the basement had been used as indoor kennel. It killed the order like nothing else. So, if it worked on animal smells it might help if needed(?)Shawsheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407853805111203183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-65079582361538010022010-07-12T23:28:08.282-04:002010-07-12T23:28:08.282-04:00There was disaster at a few of the Harvard librari...There was disaster at a few of the Harvard libraries as well. I work at the Fine Arts Library, and when I got in today, every table was covered with books standing open to dry out. A lot of the library storage across Harvard is in basement levels, and while there are water alarms, there wasn't enough personnel to respond to all of them. Instead of, I don't know, calling in any of the library employees, the responders just ignored whatever they couldn't get to, which meant that from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning, there were books sitting in water. In one room at FAL, apparently there was no water on the floor because all of it had been absorbed by the books. Some are air-drying; some are freeze-drying; but some are just gone. It's very sad. <br /><br />Though coming home to a basement full of sewage would make me pretty sad too!!margonautehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12344154551030656676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-23565364030712441182010-07-12T17:01:57.733-04:002010-07-12T17:01:57.733-04:00Oh man, what a horrible discovery! I can't eve...Oh man, what a horrible discovery! I can't even imagine tearing that carpet up. Ugh!<br /><br />You need a cocktail for sure!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036691849337099909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-74348220520890451642010-07-12T16:36:34.049-04:002010-07-12T16:36:34.049-04:00Tracy
We've actually been talking about puttin...Tracy<br />We've actually been talking about putting the dog down in the basement because he's had some problems with the heat, and he's old and "forgets" to go down where it's cooler. I had a dream that he was down there, dog paddling in sewage...If it had gotten that deep we would have really had a disaster on our hands...cyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-71479945029103820262010-07-12T15:04:50.054-04:002010-07-12T15:04:50.054-04:00Eww, sucky! :-( Riding in a flood is bad enough, ...Eww, sucky! :-( Riding in a flood is bad enough, but to come home to one is horrible! Hopefully you guys will get that fixed so it doesn't happen again...Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644345468042448465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-35351517088303189782010-07-12T14:49:12.120-04:002010-07-12T14:49:12.120-04:00oh my god, how horrible. Good advice about the bac...oh my god, how horrible. Good advice about the backflow thing. We hope to finish our basement someday. <br /><br />hope it's better now?MamaVeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09519007680870604271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-41377179001991017512010-07-12T14:29:29.904-04:002010-07-12T14:29:29.904-04:00Ouch! Been there and done that exact same thing i...Ouch! Been there and done that exact same thing in a house we owned in St. Louis. Comically, I had just brought the dog in out of the monsoon and put him in the basement where I presumed he would be better off. When we discovered it, the poor dog was standing chest deep in crap and giving me a look that said, "What are you trying to do to me?".<br /><br />I feel your pain....Tracy Whttp://www.springfieldcyclist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-85957584530804833462010-07-12T14:15:51.560-04:002010-07-12T14:15:51.560-04:00oh, jeesh, cycler, sorry to hear about that!!!
th...oh, jeesh, cycler, sorry to hear about that!!!<br /><br />the downpour was indeed freakish, and the storm and sewer drains simply couldn't handle the deluge. the somerville police and fire departments suffered millions of dollars of damage due to flooded vehicles and equipment, and the erosion of our mostly dirt back yard caused a huge muddy river that fed into our street. it was incredible. luckily i was indoors for all of it.<br /><br />i guess for anyone looking to buy a home, this would be the week to look closely at the basements of prospective houses! if they're dry, it's a good sign!somervillainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13903377050982678550noreply@blogger.com