OT - flooding in WA and other updates

woooo, Kandice! Stay dry, and have fun filling orders!! Sarajane

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Keep safe please. Do beads float? Diana

Ooo Kandice! I'm so glad for you! So this is a good thing that you are vanishing for! ;-)

I wish you well during all this flooding. Landslides sound extremely dangerous, so you watch out if you have to leave the house!

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Oh my! I didn't even know. You guys are in my thoughts.

It's not so bad here in Tacoma, but I'm up on a hill. It did take me 45 minutes to take oa 20 minute drive to chorus rehearsal last night, though. We are getting a break from the rain today, so hopefully when it rains again tonight, it won't be so bad. Now to clean up the branches that got blown into our yard yesterday.

we are up on a hill too so pretty safe too, unless mudslides start to be in fashion - my driveway is a little bit washed out already. The sun is actually popping out for a little break (yay!) right now in Carnation, which gives me a chance to see that the valley is all flooded, but the road looks ok - I see little tiny cars zooming by on it - always a good sign. I can't believe how much rain we got - I woke several times last night and was just shocked each time to hear that the rain had not let up yet - it was just pounding down for maybe 36+ hours straight...

Stay dry :)

Pam

Wow. All y'all in WA stay safe and dry!!!!! update us when you can.

spoke too soon, our basement (and new carpeting) is flooding now as I type. Hubby is off to get a pump or bissle carpet cleaner to soak up water now - hope he finds something at this late hour. Off to do some laundry, all out of towels :(

Pam

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Pam" :

]spoke too soon, our basement (and new carpeting) is flooding now as I type. ]Hubby is off to get a pump or bissle carpet cleaner to soak up water now - ]hope he finds something at this late hour. Off to do some laundry, all out ]of towels :(

oh, dear!!!!! hugs and good vibes headed your way!

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Oh Pam! I'm so sorry to hear that... I used to have to deal with water on a nearly regular basis when I lived in Michigan. It's so discouraging and a buttload of work. Sending you good thoughts...

Oh, ick - I hope the flooding goes down soon!! (((((((hugs)))))))

Hope the rain lets up! Pay attention to electrical connections down there & stay safe. We'll be praying for y'all.

I'm up on a high hill in WA, no chance of flooding here. In fact I think it's funny that we have flood insurance.

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:41:57 -0700, vj rec.crafts.beads :

Ooh Pam - hope ya'll get dried out quickly and with little damage.

ha, yeah, I always thought flood insurance was funny since we are on the top of a big hill too - in fact I think our house it the highest one on this hill... oh well. hubby is on phone with insurance co. now to see what flood insurance actually means. I'm sure it's not much.

thank you everyone for the good vibes, I can feel them - it's not nearly as bad as it could be.

we got most of the water up and the carpet shampooed, and fans running and trying to dry things up, but some of the sheetrock in the wine cellar/closet is ruined and we are afraid there is water under the stairs and behind the walls and need to have that checked out as the last thing we need is mold growing in our walls... and then we need to figure out how to keep this from happening again - it's the first time in 7 years we've gotten flooded - so either it's due to the excessive amount of rain or there is some damage in our foundation that needs repairs. Nothing really important was ruined (personal items) so that is good too.

and my poor baby has the flu to top it all off. It's his birthday today even. Good thing I had his party this weekend - we have pictures if anyone wants to see my cute 3 year old on a pony:

it's funny that we have

I lost my cabin on the Tahuya river one year..

But this house is on the top of the hill and the closest body of water is a tiny little creek 3 miles away..

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:55:10 GMT, "Pam" rec.crafts.beads :

ha, yeah, I always thought flood insurance was funny since we are on the top of a big hill too - in fact I think our house it the highest one on this hill... oh well. hubby is on phone with insurance co. now to see what flood insurance actually means. I'm sure it's not much.

thank you everyone for the good vibes, I can feel them - it's not nearly as bad as it could be.

we got most of the water up and the carpet shampooed, and fans running and trying to dry things up, but some of the sheetrock in the wine cellar/closet is ruined and we are afraid there is water under the stairs and behind the walls and need to have that checked out as the last thing we need is mold growing in our walls... and then we need to figure out how to keep this from

either it's due to the excessive amount of rain or there is some damage in our foundation that needs repairs. Nothing really important was ruined (personal items) so that is good too.

and my poor baby has the flu to top it all off. It's his birthday today even. Good thing I had his party this weekend - we have pictures if anyone wants to see my cute 3 year old on a pony:

well it turns out we no longer have flood insurance - allstate dropped that years ago. our water damage will only be covered if it turns out it's coming from the pipes somehow and not the weather.

Oh well... more $$ down the drain :-(

Pam

On a brighter note, my son seems to be recovering from the flu quickly... yay :)

Ok, well off to hunt down a de-humidifier and do more laundry and what all... thanks again for the good vibes :)

tip - when I had the house flood I got commercial size ones rented from a local equipment rental company...

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