Or - When it rains it pours part deux...

I try to be clever with this titles, but I can only do so much.

At around 1pm today I got a call from our dog walker lady telling me the basement was flooded and our backyard looked like a swimming pool. The dogs live in the basement during the day so having standing water down there didn't do much for their good mood.

I raced home as quick as I could, and thanked God that I was smart enough to buy a big truck. At one point I think I felt the front wheels floating, but I kept my foot in it and made it through standing water that was probably at least 2 feet if not higher.

Our foundation walls are like 10 ft or so? but in one place they drop down to like 7, the water had gotten so high in the back yard it had started to come over the top of the foundation wall and into the basement. Here are some photos about 3 hours after the heaviest rains. Part of the problem is we're literally on day 12 of solid heavy day and night rain.


This is a neighborhood lake across the street when I got home water was completely over the banks. Last time it did this was after a hurricane (the one before Katrina?)


Not sure what happened here, but this car was tore up.


This is down the road from us, if anyone wants a flood title T-bird let me know, I'll put an offer in for you.


The world needs ditch diggers too. The good news is with this economy I haven't lost my touch. This is my half a$$ attempt to channel water into my hillbilly french drain. I got to dig this in a downpour which was nice.