After the Gusher

Much of the surrounding area is still under a flood watch and submerged after all the rain and runoff, but fortunately we’re starting to dry out a little.  Many of the roads here don’t have adequate or any storm drainage, and the clay soil just holds water, so streams and ditches turn into raging rivers with nowhere to go.  People’s basements are flooded, and new roofs are leaking.

While we were battened down, more plant life was emerging out in the rain, such as these maple flowers, more daffodils and crocuses, and hyacinth buds.  Here’s Misu grazing on grass, glad to be out in the sun for a change.

E braved cave-crawling under the house to see if some serious issues in the house infrastructure, such as the shower floor sinking, can be addressed.  The chaotic nightmare she found was beyond belief.  You can’t even access the crawl space for all the tangle of hanging electric wires and a maze of pointless pipes.  Whoever worked on this house before didn’t know or care what they were doing, something we encounter a lot down here.  It’s frustrating, but we’ll deal with each challenge one step at a time, as funds allow.

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