The kitty litter boxes were floating in the basement this a.m., LOL. That's right, I be flooded in Ohio. More inside, including an important AskMeCha question.→[More:]

AskMeCha:

How did the water get in? There's a sandy mud on the floor now that the water has receded.

There's a drain in the floor where the utility tub empties. Does that empty into a sewage sewer? DID THE WATER BACK UP THRU' IT?

IS THAT MUD OR SHITE ON THE FLOOR!?

FULL STORY:

LOL, I've been meaning to clean up down there, and now I have no choice.
;-)

Work was cancelled today because the roads are flooded, so I went back to sleep till 9:00, got up and had coffee and had a look at the cat litter in the basement, saw the litter boxes floating around, and went out to Lowe's to buy wading boots.

I lucked out. Some people have 4 or 5 feet in their basements, me = 1'. And it's great that today is a Friday and I'm off work and have the weekend to clean up.

I could only get maybe 16" high (bright yellow) waders (that suck compared to Specklet's) at Lowe's so I went to look for taller fishing boots at Dick's Sporting Goods and they were closed. I need rubber Wellingtons. They're good to have when you're an "animal person" and aspiring rehabber. There's a small pond nearby that the City is drying out and I'm due to go rescue some turtles out of it when the water-level goes down far enough. Otherwise the turtles will wander away into an area surrounded by roads and a close-by swimming pool. Not good. So I needed those boots anyway

I guess, for me at least, the flooding was kind of for the best. Weird, eh?

But somebody somewhere KNEW this was gonna happen. The house I live in has never flooded in 25 years or more, but RIGHT NOW the City is installing new storm sewer pipes RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE I LIVE leading to a holding pond to prevent flooding. They were just a little too late.

I swear, the gov't knows about global warming, even the ones who deny it. They just won't admit it because it's bad for business interests who are big lobbyists.