If it is a normal floating floor it should have a couple areas that allow access. Once they get it dried out have them buy a small generator or a sump pump with a battery back-up system. We have a problem in this area with power going out due to the O-L-D supply system. Due to that I own 2 different generators. Plus battery back-up lights, pumps and heat.
Thanks, Steve. He is already planning on adding a UPS. We have them on all our computers -- a sump pump would be a good candidate for one! There's a fancy, expensive pump he could get, but he's a youngster in his first "real" job and first home.
Most UPS systems are not that powerful. Have him look REAL close at the ratings on his pump and the UPS to see if it will run it more than a few minutes. If it is a standard size sump pump he could get one of the small portable generators from Harbor Freight. They aren't really good for electronics gear because they are not real clean power but work OK for non demanding items like lights and most motors. They are also not expensive. They have a 1000 watt unit on sale now for 179.00. Its a Chinese knockoff of a Honda unit but the one I have runs OK. Not real quiet but for emergency use who cares!
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Thanks, Steve. I passed that on. Uh...except for the sewing machine stuff. But I gave him a Singer 15 treadle and an Ena Supermatic portable, so he's covered in that area for now. ;-)
I'm farther south than Beverly -- we were just off the edge of the worst of the wind, only got to about 55mph here. Even though we're on a gentle hill, though, our yard now goes squish-squish when the dog and I haul off downed branches. Other than momentary power blinks as the trees hit the power lines, we really had no problems. But there are more storms lined up and ready to go out in the Pacific.
This sure reminds me of the first winter I was out here, where we had
18" of water in the back yard, and my plans to go to the Puyallup show got cancelled when Amtrak's tracks were under a mudslide...Kay
Thanks Juno! No wind at the moment, but it's getting very cold (for here), the indoor/outdoor thermometer is currently registering 28° outside, and the water in the birdbath is frozen solid.
Beverly
Really!? I somehow had the impression you were in the Hillsboro/Cottage Grove area, which is northwest of me. I'm in waht we laughingly refer to as the "banana belt", it always seems to be warmer and less windy here that the rest of the metro area.
I hear ya'! My light display in the front fell down during the wind storm, and when I went out to fix it Friday I was ankle deep in a *very* boggy lawn.
I have always considered it a Very Good Thing that all our utilities are underground, we have rarely had even temporary power outages in the 35 years we've been in this house. But I it was out for at least an hour Thursday while I was away, because all my light timers were an hour off, and the microwave/VCR/alarm were all blinking.
At least the weather up on Mt Hood ifs forecast to improve enough so that they can resume the search for the climbers...although why anyone in their right mind would climb the mountain in December is a complete mystery to me.
Was that the infamous winter of '96 flood? That's about the only time I've had water actually *in* the basement. One of our downspouts failed, and the water collected near the foundation, and invited itself inside. Ugh!
I'm glad you're ok this time!
Beverly
Interesting, I've never heard of that in a private home. We have a roller rink here (built in the early years of the 20th century) which has survived several major floods without damage to the hardwood floor, because the whole floor floats.
ROTFLMAO!!! Or maybe tornado alley?
Beverly
That sounds fancier than what they have. Theirs is just 2x4s with plywood on top, then carpeted, all made to fit the floor. It's just not bolted to the cement. Turns out, that's a good thing.
Yes, tornado alley would seem more peaceful than western Washington lately. But it's been snowing here now for hours. A fine powder, light fall, but after so much time it's piling up. Of course, it melted at first, so the roads are ice under the pretty layer of powdered snow. At this rate, I'll have no room to talk about the weather in the NW. Plus nobody would be able to hear me over the crashing of fenders in the street.
For some pictures of our latest bit of water problems you can take a look at some of the pictures here. http://216.230.164.253/slide.phpI got to play in this (I'm a firefighter/EMT/Fire Police) and helped out in a few places besides our own area. Nothing like wading through water up to your hips to pump out basements, or sometimes the first floor of a home. We don't have much of a problem with water here except for the lawn during the rain. It drains real well.
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