Merry Christmas and Lawn mowers

"C J Campbell" wrote

We do have the water and mud cleared out of the house now, mostly, and the
driveway is finally clear of the 18 inches of muck that was deposited on
it.

Several of the neighbors are using portable generators or tractors, trying
to clear silt deposited almost a month ago.

Count your blessings.

Indeed I shall, CJ.

If a person thinks he has it bad, look around, and he can always find
someone worse off.

Did it force you to move out, and if so, are you back in yet?

A few years ago, a guy down the street lived by a small stream that would
occasionally back up when the water was up, because of a bridge built with
two small of a culvert.

It was a split foyer, so the front door was above the high water mark. The
garage doors were not, so the water would rush in underneath and around the
garage doors, and put a foot or so of water in the lower level.

The owner wanted to know if I had any solutions, and I thought outside of
the box and came up with one.

I made a 2 foot tall temporary dike out of 2 x 6 and plywood, and drilled
into the floor and installed lag bolts, and lag bolted some angle iron into
the wall beside the garage door and bolted through the dike. I put some
thick closed cell rubber weather strip material on the dike where it
contacted the wall and the floor.

All the owner had to do when it looked like possible flooding, was to drag
out the dikes, and bolt them down. He has used it a few times, and said it
worked like a charm, with barely a little water getting around it, but
easily sucked up with a wet vac.

So, thinking out of the box can pay off. I wish you strength of body and
spirit, and determination to make it past this stretch of happenings, and a
return to normal life.
--
Jim in NC