cygnusx1 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 How are you guys up in Central Northwestern NY doing? Got Snow? We a ton of rain here. My basement has 18" of water in it. Our road washed away completely. I am running the sump pump taking out about 1" an hour. Fortunately my boiler and home services are up on a step about 30" high. I also learned from Hurrican Floyd a few years ago not to store anything valuable on the first two storage shelves from the floor. This time I only lost a Kerosene heater, a few 80's records, and maybe some holiday decorations. There are alot of home that had bridges to cross a stream for driveway access. Alot of them are now stranded with no bridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcufrogz76 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Dude, not the 80s records...D'OHHHHHHHHHHHH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 Look at the max waterline mark on the wall and door frame! At least it's crystal clear, all natural, mountain fed, ground water! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 OK now we might have a problem. The kerosene heater put a skim coat of kerosene on top of the water. The house is starting to smell like kerosene. The layer of kerosene is thin and sparse covering about 10% of the water in little pools. I threw in 1/4 bottle of dish soap to try to bond the kerosene to the water so it gets pumped out. I have a fan blowing the air directly out of the basement to the outside and I have opened a few windows in the house. Any other suggestions? No I don't smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 oh man...thats crazy, i mean i live north of seattle...so we get our share of rain, but never had to deal with anything like that... just curious, where in NY do you live? i used to live in chazy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 Putnam County, just North of Westchester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeZ Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 We had Katrina, but the worst thing was trying to get home after southwest Texas and LA. got on I-45 to go nowhere. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledphoot Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Bleach or pool chlorine.. just a cup or 2. Might help. And it will help keep the mold away when it drains,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Ya we got hit hard too, my basement has 2 sumps and I still got a 1" water mark. led is right about the bleach or chlorine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 Well at 2am this morning, I was standing on the Christmas tree stand in the basement, in my boxer shorts, with a squeegee pushing the remaining water towards the submersible pump. At 2:30am I called it a night and I think the dish soap trick worked fairly well. I still have the basement ventilated with a fan but the concrete is starting to dry already. I didn't lose the 80's records. I lost some old books, a box of holiday decorations, some sleep, and some brain cells from the kerosene vapor. Glad it's over! Now back to working on the Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody 82 ZXT Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 All that water in your house is just crazy! I can't even imagine being as calm about it as you are. Wish we had some of that rain. I live about a 1/4 mile from the lake and it would have to rain forever to over flow as dry as it's been here the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 It could have been worse. My basement is unfinished and the valuables were on the higher shelves. I may seem calm but I was pretty tense yesterday. I did the math, I pumped about 3000 gallons of water out in 14 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeK280z Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Glad to here your damage is minimal. The weather is supposed to heat up over the weekend and next week, hopefully that will help dry everyone out. We were lucky. Starting Sunday night, the water wouldn't initially go down when we flushed. Monday morning the town set up portable pumps in low spots all over the area to pump the excess water from the sanitary sewers into the run-off sewers. So we, and most of our immeidate neighbors are ok, but driving to and from work the last two mornings, there are countless houses with First Response, plumbing, and other related trucks out front taking care of basement flooding. Driving to work along the Hudson River (Route 787 if you know the area), the water is very high. I've only seen the water level higher once before, and that was because of spring ice dam issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 This is my buddy's house. And his Explorer inside his garage! Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Joe that really sucks! I hope everyone got out OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody 82 ZXT Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 This is my buddy's house. And his Explorer inside his garage! Joe Now that's some water! Sorry to see that. Hope he has flood insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airjockie Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 damn...I hate seeing stuff like that... on a lighter note, I faired out pretty good up here in CT, the town next to me flooded, but I live on a hill and all I got was a small puddle in my back yard...when buying a house...location is everything. all I do know...is that all the salt on the roads from the tiny snow storms that we had this year is 100% gone....so now it's time to bring the Z's out on the road..... The red one still needs a little door adjustment and some touchup paint, and the white one still needs a part welded up and registered. But I threw them up for sale since I really need to get the house done and get a newer daily driver....for the right price...anything is for sale...except the wife and dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flames_187 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 we didnt get much rain but we got snow up here....my afternoon classes got cancelled on monday....thats the second time this year...my school hasnt closed in like 20 years...so that says alot about the weather...AND ITS MESSING UP MY Z WORK!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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