At around 11 pm last night while watching Knight Rider at my computer I heard some weird noise coming from the other side of the basement. I got up to take a look and what I found was very bad. The lower part of my basement was flooded about 1 foot high with murky water >.<. So I wake up my parents and go rescue my Hoosiers and dry them off. We tried calling the city but it was always busy. After calling the insurance we noticed the water was still climbing. Since the insurance contractor was gonna take a 1-2 hours we decided to put my dads wine pump to good use before the water raised high enough to reach the higher basement area with wooden floors. After getting the pump all rigged up, the water was now 2 feet high and only half a food left to reach the same height as the higher basement. The wine pump kept the water from climbing anymore so the other section of the basement was saved.

Anyway here's some pics...

http://thewirdsdomain.com/rx7/flood/imagelist.php

Some of the highlights of evening...



Floating Freezer...



Floating Freezer flips over...



Water as high as the toilet and floating garbage bag lol...



Sump pump working hard but not hard enough...



Wine pump to the rescue...





thewird

 

that sucks so much... my neighbours driveway completely collapsed and their whole house was surrounded by water... I know the sump in our house is working harder then i've heard it work yet...

 

HOLY ****!!!!!!!!!! you got a really problem there....did the insurance paople come by and did you get all the water out yet?

man i see basement renovation in your future

 

Forgot to mention its the city's fault, the sewers were full and a lot of people in the neighborhood got water in the basement coming through the drains. We got the worst of it since our lower part of the basement is lower then everybody elses. After the contractor arrived he put a submersible pump with 3" hose and that drained all the water in about 1.5 hours onto the street. Then the sump pump and wine pump took care of the remaining the rest of the night.

Yah the insurance came over today and took pictures and such. They're gonna fix all the damage but aren't sure how much of the stuff is covered beyond the house repairs (since they're the contractor and not the insurance people themselves).

thewird

 

dam...s i am assuming you have a 4 or 5 level backsplit...

hope it did not damage any rx parts stored down there

hybrid

 

Yah, its a 5 level backsplit. Luckily the only parts back there were the track tires which I salvaged very quickly and dried them off. It's funny, I cared more about the tires then I did about the TV and such...

thewird

 

Whoa - thats a drag. Same happened to my parents house some years ago. Happens quik but it took quite awhile until everything was properly cleaned up n fixed. Make sure they do the drywall and insulation repairs properly so you dont get a smell or mold later on.

 

Bro sorry to see that happen to your family....good luck with insurance and the rebuild!

 

Wow intense stuff. So was that all sewer water? All that stuff down there is just garbage if thats the case. Sorry to hear man.

 

Yah its sewer water mixed with rain water because apparently we don't have separate rain and sewer mains...

thewird

 

Dude that sucks. The snow must be melting pretty quick to flood your basement in, wow.

 

Sudden snow melt....and we had a huge rain storm on top of it

 

That sucks, good luck with the clean up

 

Damn, that sucks Marco. Lucky you were in the basement when it happened.

I probably would have started pitching anything that didn't work previously or needed upgrading into the water. (old PCs, ipods etc.)

But that would have been dishonest and I would never do any such thing.

I just hope you didn't lose anything like photographs. Someone in my family lost a house due to fire some years ago and the toughest loss was the personal pics etc.

 

i was thinkin.. if ud just let it get a lil higher u coulda just flushed and i think hoosiers are water proof but im no rubberologist. stick it to the insurance company an get a new p-port

 

Too bad they weren't rain tires....

 

Sorry to hear about the flood.

I worry about these things sometimes as my house was apparently built in an area that used to be a pond.

 

Water damage is nasty, Sorry to see it happen to you...Good luck with the clean up.

 

That really sucks, Man. I just got home after a week up north. My fingers were crossed the whole time, hoping the foundation of my 100 year old house wouldn't let me down. AOK-huge relief.

 

Man...**** sorry to see that buddy.....That is a SERIOUS flood.
How is the cleanup going now ???

 

Well everything is clean now. The adjuster people threw everything out and took pictures and recorded stuff. They're gonna start cutting the drywall and taking cabinets out and stuff today.

thewird

 

WIRD!..did I have a T04 In your Basement that you were Keepin for me??..(Hey,gotta Try right?.)..throw an OLD keg down there and Say you just bought it NEW!..
But all kidding aside,I know what it is like.We lived in the Country when the Ice Storm hit,and the sump Pump had no Power.Water went up about three feet.

 

OMG, that's not cool to happen at all........... good luck on cleaning up the mess and with the insurance stuff............ ><