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No longer on the river and, again, an empty nester. Back to living on Fleming Island and making some more friends!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I hate Debby!

While I might be good at some things, decorating is one thing in which I find joy and pride. THIS, however, is not an example of my abilities. Unless, of course, collecting leaking water from door frames, ceilings and floors is decorating! The kids' towels add much to the decor...TS Debby can just get the heck out of here!!!
 The center one I had to dump twice during the night on Sunday, with over 6" accumulated in the bucket under the blue pendant light. 
The placemats serve the dual role of absorbing the sound of water dripping and reducing the splashing after the water hits the bottom of the receptacle.
This area is behind and above my loveseat. It has not leaked since 2008 with TS Faye and I was not happy to see it return. Justin was roused from his bed to help me move the loveseat out and roll up the carpet. We laid towels behind it and set two collection devices to catch the drips.
Here is the ceiling above my TV. You might recall last fall when this area flooded and shorted out my power strip, singeing the floor. The crown moulding is bubbled up from the water behind it as is the paint along the wall. Very similar to the photos from TS Beryl!
So much water came through this door frame that I could have washed my hair in the flow! Well, this might be an exaggeration....but it did fill those containers nicely.
As if my upstairs neighbor, Misty, didn't have enough trouble keeping up with the water from above her, she came home to smoke. It seems that somehow the electronic dishwasher turned on or at least part of it did, and burned up. The racks and any thing else plastic melted and filled their home with smoke. Another neighbor passing by heard the commotion and came to the rescue, shutting off the power to the appliances. What caused this to happen? No one knows yet but Misty cannot wait to move out this weekend!! I can't say I blame her!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dearest sweetheart,

I am so sorry to continue to hear of your water problems! It is disconcerting for me to hear this happening to you so often! I just don't understand how and why this problem can not be rectified!? I just seems unexplainable to me...my ♥ goes out to you Kim!

Annette

Kim Lahaie Day said...

Thanks, 'Nette!

As soon as the storm is past, the upstairs neighbor is having corrective work done to prevent this from happening. We did go about 3 years without exterior leaking, or very near, so something must have changed up there. Caulk lets go, things like that. I am filled with hope for a successful repair!

I heart you, too!