[Spridgets] NE Pennsylrainia

[Linda Grunthaner]

Dean, I'm sorry to hear this, glad you are making headway.
hang in there we're rooting for you and your family ; )
Lin

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Power just came on here.
>
> I was also bailing basement water last night.
> One of the basement window "wells" filled up with water and was leaking
> into
> the basement like a waterfall (also a finished basement).
>
> At 2am (after about a hour of bailing) I ended up digging a trench on the
> side of the house to get better drainage.  It worked.
>
> Now I'll have to re-landscape and turn that trench into a proper drainage
> swale.
>
> We had a lot of trees down in my area.
>
> My brothers in-laws had to evacuate their home because a tree in their yard
> fell onto their house after first yanking down the neighborhood's power
> lines.
>
> My sister is in Northern NJ and is presently surrounded by water and has 3
> inches in the 1st floor.  Which kinda sucks being that it is her husband's
> dental office.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Philip Nase
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 6:26 AM
> To: Spridgets at autox.team. Net net
> Subject: [Spridgets] NE Pennsylrainia
>
> Earthquakes, floods......pestilence?
>
> Power is out, no surprise there. Battery backup sump pump was overwhelmed
> so
> I
> started bailing the hole pulling out about 4 gals per minute and losing
> ground. Shoulda bought a generator. Damn.
>
> Jane, the brains in the relationship remembered I have an AC outlet on the
> new
> truck. Duh. Drove the truck through the back yard muck at 4:30am and the
> water
> is emptying faster then it's running back in. Only half of the finished
> side
> of the basement rugs are soaked.
>
> I guess I'm gonna find out how long the truck will idle on a full tank.
>
> Over and out for now, luckily the 3G is still up.
>
> Phil Nase
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