what a DAY!
Today was what felt like the hottest day in decades around here.. (technically it wasn't... nevermind)
But we can say I was wet all the time, either because I just came out of the shower or because I was on my way under it again
The rest of the time I spend outside trying not to move.
because of the temperatures We (the woman and me) decided to have a late dinner.. 21:00 or something
and we were sitting on the balcony when we heard a thunderstorm in the distance..
So we finished our meal and packed the upholstery and went inside.
just a few minutes later it began ... (~21:25)
A violent thunderstorm we barely ever see around here.
You know the deal.. heavy rain, storm, thunder, lightning
it would've been a great show if you could only see something
it was a muddy grey out there.. maybe possible to see 30-40feet because of the rain (including sahara dust)
So basically it was raining cats and dogs...
when the wife said "geesh, I wonder if there's water in the basement"
So down the stairs we went,
on the way down we noticed the storm pressed hard enough against the windows to crack the seal and the whole staircase was wet like waterfalls from the windows wetting the walls, puddles on the stairs
But the basement was fine an open window was closed other than that nothing to report;
just when we headed back we heard it.. like someone empties a bucket ...
back to the basement, a window popped (from a light well) and the complete light well must have filled with water..
but it was on it's way to the drain already so nothing bad happened.
We cleaned the mess we saw on our way down and called it a day (22:00)
it was over now.. the storm was gone and the remaining rain was
average at best.
Then I called my mom how her basement was doing... her neighbors came by and asked too, but it was okay, nothing to report either, so at 22:15 I started to relax on the couch again...
that's when my phone rang!
Mom... (uhoh)... the basement was fine but her balcony was converted into a huge bathtub.
literally hundreds of litres of water (an area of 4m² with water up to the ankles)
and she opened the door to free the drainage from debris.. several buckets of water made it through the open door...
And since her balcony is right above the living room...
what should I tell you.. a kick in the face.
I hurried but I was already too late.. the living room ceiling is nothing but a dripping wet, I think I might have saved the TV and the stereo.. but the water was everywhere already...
Water collected in pockets of wallpaper on the ceiling and I honestly poked holes in to empty them out.
Maybe 40-60 liters I catched with buckets from those pockets;
not counting what was already in dozens of towels on the floor or soaked me in the meantime...
It took hours to clean up at least most of the mess.
the parquet floor is all wet, nobody knows if water made it through (and if it will warp within the next days)
carpets are wet, f*ing everything is!
Again the storm lasted maybe half an hour or so...
But I honestly never saw it raining that hard.
I mean if a 4m² balcony can collect nearly 800 litres of water within that short amount of time, I think we must have broken the local record or something
What a day.. what a mess!
'sid
