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Originally Posted by lonewolf
Thanks everyone. I think the worst is over. Big thunderstorms never developed on Thursday so that helped. River is still high and water still coming into the basement because the water table is so high so we will have to keep pumping until it drops enough.. Next weekend we are suppose to get almost 3inches of rain . That's a week away so hoping that forecast changes a bit or river goes down enough so it won't matter. Backyard is not covered in water anymore . At it's height it picked up my 10x10 solid wood gazebo and lifted it out of the ground 1ft so it's sitting out now. Fence is a mess ,all leaning over, posts pulled out but all in all not so bad. I even cut the front lawn yesterday to get back to some sort of normal. I want to express my appreciation to all who chimed in and sent messages etc. They all helped and I appreciate everyone who took the time to write. Thanks guys.
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I have never dealt with rising water. I cannot imagine, I want to think I would be a lot like you, preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
Being where I live, I am always looking to the East to the Caribbean with a weary eye. Wondering when the next Cat 4 or Cat 5 Hurricane is going to pound me like a $5 hooker in Singapore during a Navy shore leave.
I have not posted much here during those events, it takes me days to get ready battening down everything. Constantly learning what other things I can do to prevent damage etc..
Seems you already know, you cannot have enough sump pumps where you live.
I am glad you were able to save your property, I hope your insurance company appreciates this and does not hammer you and lump you in with all the folks that did nothing and let their homes sustain damage.
Sadly, Insurance companies do not really care.
In 2004 I knew the roof on my office was not going to last in the Cat 3 Hurricane on its way to me. I wrapped all the valuable things in my office in saran wrap. Copy machine, file cabinets etc...
I sent every employee home with their computer, eggs in a basket type of thing, I took home my computer and server.
Office was destroyed, everything in saran wrap was saved. We were able to open up shop days later with the only loss being furniture.
Insurance company payout was minimal, they tripled my rates then dropped me.
So much for saving my office.
Glad you pulled through, I hope mother nature is gentle with you for a while and lets you recover.
Oh and I laughed at mowing the lawn, every hurricane that is the first thing I do after the storm is passed. With no power and nothing else to do after we clean up, it makes me feel like life is returning to normal while I am mowing the lawn.