Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Seriously!!! It is raining marbles!!

So tonight on my way home from Lewi-town after picking up the kids, I pondered all the many things that I could do when I got home! Maybe finish watching the bachelorette from Monday night, maybe make a bracelet for Bella, maybe exercise, maybe many things! One of those things however was not sucking water out of my basement all night long! I did learn how to use a pump though! Jake was at work and I had no choice but to suck it up (literally!) and do the best I could to take control of the situation! Davis called Jake without me knowing and left the cutest message! He said," Dad could you hurry home? We have a problem, I am sick and it is raining marbles!" I had noticed that it started hailing marble size hail, so I decided to check the basement and found water gushing in through the french doors! The rock retaining wall around the french doors was doing a good job of retaining all the water and hail on the patio! The water had no choice but to come into the house! We had our very own ice freezing cold pool! I wish I could have taken pictures of it then but I was a little busy Freaking Out! It was interesting to say the least! Isabella was crying wanting to be held, Davis was puking!( apparently he wasn't feeling well! ) And my house was flooding! Needless to say we survived with allot of help from many great and selfless neighbors! A BIG THANK YOU to all the terrific neighbors, friends and my dad who came by to help me! Many neighbors were experiencing the same situation, some houses were way worse than mine, so I am grateful! Jake told me later that a few houses the street above us had windows shatter from all the pressure of the water! At least our basement isn't finished yet! Well sorry for the novel it was just an eventful night for me! Thanks again to all who helped save me during this crisis!
This is our basement after most of the water was sucked out and things calmed down!
This is our patio that was acting as a pool! And is now drained thank goodness!
This is a plant covered by the hail!
This is my deck covered in hail! And by the way, isn't it June? What kind of June weather is this?
This is one of the marble sized hail!