Now these photos are taken about 2 hours after the picture of Akorren with the bee costume on. See this Saturday the rains came to Houston and after getting back from church (for a 4 hour meeting) I came home to a rainy day. Akorren had a friend over to play and Glenn I were working on things around the house like the bee wings.
We noticed the water coming down really hard outside and then while working on the wings I looked out the front window and could see the water starting to back up by the drain. No worry this has happen before. Then about 20 minutes later. It was covering the sidewalk. I mentioned it to Glenn and asked if we needed to worry about it. The kids were so excited as they wanted the streets to flood so they could go out and play in the water after the rain slowed down. They were chanting "Flood, flood, flood!"
We both took note of the water level again. Then it really seemed like it was not clearing very well by the drain. So I mentioned it to Glenn, ..."I know we will need to take these papers and albums up stairs if water starts to come in." The rain was still very heavy and looked like it was still not going to let up. So Glenn again said okay let's just watch it. Then when he noticed it more then halfway up our front yard he made the decision to have the kids help us tote things up stairs. Up went the paperwork, albums, stuffed animals, and toys. Unplugged the electrical stuff, put the things up.
The kids were great they hauled and hauled until I need to get lemonade and let them rest while Glenn and I hoofed it up and down a few more times. Then the water was at the door not inches from it; at the door, knocking to let it in! It was still raining like no tomorrow. And the chanting of "FLOOD" was not heard in the house. I told the kids to be careful of what they wished for. And then we calmly explained to them that it looked like water was going to get into the house. And shortly around 4:27 PM it started to come in through the front and back door. (see lowest picture)
For a while we let the kids grab towels and throw them down, to feel like we were doing something about it, there was not really much we could do. And then by 4:35 water was coming in from the seep holes in the brick facing, into the playroom corners, the study the living room and throughout the kitchen. The carpet was just soaking it up. We both hated the carpet so now was our time to get rid of it. By now we chased the kids up stairs and out of the way so we could monitor the damages. FYI- Merlova was put to bed just after 2:30PM and she slept all the way through the whole thing. Such is the life of the 3rd child.
Zhivanna was trying to work herself up into a crying fit, but we curbed that really quick. We let her know that in this family we do not panic in an emergency situation and that crying will not solve anything. The worst thing that could happen would be 1 to 2 feet of water and that we did not feel it would get that bad and that if it did we could always go up stairs. So we just waited and sighed and were glad when it slowed down around 4:45 PM. The cars parked out in front of our house (not ours) were toast, I mean filled with water up the midpoint of the door. I guess it was just our day to get flooded. It really sucked but I guess it was our turn to have some excitement for the weekend! I just love life, really....
We noticed the water coming down really hard outside and then while working on the wings I looked out the front window and could see the water starting to back up by the drain. No worry this has happen before. Then about 20 minutes later. It was covering the sidewalk. I mentioned it to Glenn and asked if we needed to worry about it. The kids were so excited as they wanted the streets to flood so they could go out and play in the water after the rain slowed down. They were chanting "Flood, flood, flood!"
We both took note of the water level again. Then it really seemed like it was not clearing very well by the drain. So I mentioned it to Glenn, ..."I know we will need to take these papers and albums up stairs if water starts to come in." The rain was still very heavy and looked like it was still not going to let up. So Glenn again said okay let's just watch it. Then when he noticed it more then halfway up our front yard he made the decision to have the kids help us tote things up stairs. Up went the paperwork, albums, stuffed animals, and toys. Unplugged the electrical stuff, put the things up.
The kids were great they hauled and hauled until I need to get lemonade and let them rest while Glenn and I hoofed it up and down a few more times. Then the water was at the door not inches from it; at the door, knocking to let it in! It was still raining like no tomorrow. And the chanting of "FLOOD" was not heard in the house. I told the kids to be careful of what they wished for. And then we calmly explained to them that it looked like water was going to get into the house. And shortly around 4:27 PM it started to come in through the front and back door. (see lowest picture)
For a while we let the kids grab towels and throw them down, to feel like we were doing something about it, there was not really much we could do. And then by 4:35 water was coming in from the seep holes in the brick facing, into the playroom corners, the study the living room and throughout the kitchen. The carpet was just soaking it up. We both hated the carpet so now was our time to get rid of it. By now we chased the kids up stairs and out of the way so we could monitor the damages. FYI- Merlova was put to bed just after 2:30PM and she slept all the way through the whole thing. Such is the life of the 3rd child.
Zhivanna was trying to work herself up into a crying fit, but we curbed that really quick. We let her know that in this family we do not panic in an emergency situation and that crying will not solve anything. The worst thing that could happen would be 1 to 2 feet of water and that we did not feel it would get that bad and that if it did we could always go up stairs. So we just waited and sighed and were glad when it slowed down around 4:45 PM. The cars parked out in front of our house (not ours) were toast, I mean filled with water up the midpoint of the door. I guess it was just our day to get flooded. It really sucked but I guess it was our turn to have some excitement for the weekend! I just love life, really....
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