The rain has been crazy today!! We thought it would be a perfect curl up on the coach and watch basketball and movies all day, but instead we were doing all sorts of damage control because of the heavy rain! First, Nic noticed a loud dripping noise and realized that our window was leaking really bad. Nic taped some trash bags up and we placed paper towels and cups on the window sill to catch the water. We dumped out about 5 full cups of water today!
We decided to check the rest of the windows in the house to make sure we weren't having any other leaks. While checking the windows, I realized one section of our gutters was full of leaves and the water was filling up the whole guter. I went outside to check the drain and barely any water was coming out. So Nic got the ladder, climbed up and cleaned out the gutter. He pulled hanful after handful of mud and leaves out. Once het got all the gunk out the water started pouring out the drain.
In the backyard a lake was starting to form. Nic and I both went out and checked the drain. It didn't seem to be clogged, it just couldn't keep up with how fast the water was coming down. On the side of our house a river was flowing quickly to another drain. The water started pouring into our garage so Nic went out and checked that drain to find it had blocked up. Our relaxing day has turned into a busy one doing water damage control. This is definitely the most rain we have gotten in the shortest amount of time since we have been in this house.
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