So I moved to a city that apparently has the worse weather on the planet. It is freezing cold and snow in the winter, really humid in the summer and everything else in between.
It was this past Wednesday around 6pm that I noticed it started to rain, nothing new I know. However it started to rain harder and the wind started to pick up. I mean to the point where the rain was blowing horizontal. Almost white out conditions as it was raining so hard you could not see more then a quarter of a mile down the street. So I called everyone I know and told them how powerful and cool this was. Little did I know there would be a surprise waiting for me.
So I closed the store and put everything away. I went downstairs to use the bathroom before I went home. The carpet was wet which was odd to me. I opened the door to my textbook area which is our basement level only to find about 6 inches of standing water. We are talking every inch of the bottom floor was under water. I opened the elevator door and water came rushing out. My first instinct was crap, so I took off shoes and socks and go right in, I called a fellow employee who came back to the store and we were there till 9pm picking everything up off the ground.
Damage is there, carpet still wet as the I have called 3 different companies and I am hoping they come Monday. take that back, praying they come Monday. I am afraid of mold and the smell as I type this. Everybody has had the same problem so it is a more less get in line and wait.
So that is my story, before I leave something had to happen right. I guess this is my big send off, a flooded basement.
