We had the first big rain in two months. This was great for my grass that has started to turn a little yellow. It was not a great way to find out that the drains in the basement are connected to the outside drains that collect rain water.
Yesterday during the storm the dog got very scared by the lightning and ran to hide somewhere downstairs. In the past she has hid and then gotten stuck somewhere strange so we went downstairs to find her. That is when we saw water coming up out of the drains and half our basement in an inch of water. Apparently the drain plugged somewhere outside so instead of draining out the water drained back into our basement. We spent all evening moving things out of the water, ripping up carpet and pulling of damaged wall paneling. The good news is our basement is very ugly and I had planned to renovate it eventually anyways. The bad news is we have to do it now instead of next year when I had planned to do it.
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