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Spending the day battening down the hatches. I live on the south shore of LI, so it's not looking so good. We came through last years hurricane Irene unscathed, but the water from the storm surge reached a block from my house. We didn't flood or loose power, but we did flood during the rain storm on 8/14/11 when we got ~9" of rain in a couple of hours. At least this time, there's no talk of mandatory evacuations like last time. We were evacuated last time, but decided to stay. The people we were going to stay with if we did leave lost power for more than a week and had their basement flood.
So far, I've put away the Halloween decorations
and stored anything in the yard that could become a projectile. In the basement, anything that can't get wet is several inches off the floor. I have our pump and 2 shop vacs at the ready. If we flood this time, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and have a french drain and sump installed (~$7k). My neighbor had one put in after last summer, so this will be the test. The only reason I wavered on doing it ourselves is that another neighbor had a similar system put in 15 years ago. We had a flood event ~8 years ago (8 days of steady rain coupled with full moon and high tide) that saw water in my basement for the first time ever (house is almost 50 yrs old). The worst flooding by far was in the house with the sump. The water rose in the sump so fast that it shorted out the pump and literally filled the basement. The fire dept had to pump it out because the water reached the service panel. We OTH lost the carpet in the family room and a whole lot of junk that shouldn't have been on the floor.
The freezer and fridge are full of water bottles. The flashlights are in easy reach. Now all I can do is cross fingers and kick myself repeatedly for not buying the generator I said I was going to buy after the last hurricane. :shot: :banghead:
I plan on drinking heavily tonight!!!!
So far, I've put away the Halloween decorations
and stored anything in the yard that could become a projectile. In the basement, anything that can't get wet is several inches off the floor. I have our pump and 2 shop vacs at the ready. If we flood this time, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and have a french drain and sump installed (~$7k). My neighbor had one put in after last summer, so this will be the test. The only reason I wavered on doing it ourselves is that another neighbor had a similar system put in 15 years ago. We had a flood event ~8 years ago (8 days of steady rain coupled with full moon and high tide) that saw water in my basement for the first time ever (house is almost 50 yrs old). The worst flooding by far was in the house with the sump. The water rose in the sump so fast that it shorted out the pump and literally filled the basement. The fire dept had to pump it out because the water reached the service panel. We OTH lost the carpet in the family room and a whole lot of junk that shouldn't have been on the floor.The freezer and fridge are full of water bottles. The flashlights are in easy reach. Now all I can do is cross fingers and kick myself repeatedly for not buying the generator I said I was going to buy after the last hurricane. :shot: :banghead:
I plan on drinking heavily tonight!!!!
