A flood!

Oh my goodness. We had a flood in our basement earlier today. When I got home from work the 100 in 100 items were surrounded by water. I don't have a photo because my first instinct wasn't 'grab the camera'. It was 'check the sump pump and start moving this water out of here'.

The ironic thing: this afternoon a co-worker and I were talking about all of the rain and flooding and I mentioned we haven't had water in our basement in at least 10 years. Little did I know. Fortunately we have an unfinished basement.

Mainly our basement is a location for the following: Dave's model train set-up (takes up nearly half the basement), storage of crap (another third of the basement) and misc items such as a freezer, Dave's work bench, my workout area, the wrapping center (remember that post?) and our 'wine cellar' which is comprised of two boxes laying on their side with bottles in them. At any given time we might have 12 bottles of wine down there. We also have the 33 rpm record collection; Dave's computer set up which he uses to digitize the albums and we also have various prints and paintings which aren't currently in the rotation on the walls.

I'm telling you: it's a mess down there. It's a mess without water. Add water and it's a nightmare. Sigh. Fortunately we know we're in a town with underground springs so we have 95% of the stuff on pallets so most of it is safe and dry. The sump pump is pumping away. The fans are blowing and once the puddles of water are gone we'll turn on the dehumidifier.

If only we could get rid of the crap. It would be very easy to clean up the water down there. Someday. I can dream right?