Being a non-professionally trained
meteorologist, I have never really understood the concept of a flash flood until last night. It started raining last night about 7:30, and while there were tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warnings all around us, it didn't seem like a really bad storm. It was thundering and lightening some, but not that bad. We had a relaxing evening of laundry (in preparation the upcoming Norris Family Cruise) and watching a movie. When the movie was over, I looked out the window and was SHOCKED to discover rushing water through our carport. I've mentioned before about standing water in the back, but that was peanuts compared to last night.
In the carport, water was at the top of my feet, and between houses, it was 8 inches. In the back (the house was acting like a dam), it was also 8 inches, with our siding debris floating around. Another 2 inches and it would have started seeping into our new door. We believe that this problem was caused by a nearby drainage ditch that the city needs to clean out, and we will be addressing this issue with them soon. Here's a video that I took last night. It captured the sound of the rushing water perfectly.
This is what it looked like this morning when we left for work. You can see by the debris where the water was coming from.
1 comment:
Yes, you need to nip this in the bud with the city now before damage to your property does occur. You bet your sweet bippy that if something happens to your house b/c the city had a clogged dranage ditch they won't give you a cent for it. You could easily have a flooded kitchen on your hands before you know it.
The city had a backed up sewer pipe that flooded sewer water in our house which required new flooring and they have yet to acknowledge our existence, much less our problem.
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