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Originally Posted by skyguy79
In our little upstate NY village we had homes that were flooded where some will not be able to reoccupy for several months and even some that will never be able to return. We're just 3 blocks away from those homes, had a little basement flooding from storm drain backups, but thankfully we never lost power! Go figure?
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You all were very very lucky. WE keep seeing news pics of Prattsville and surrounding area. So sad. So hopeless for the business owners and residents. No one ever dreams something like that would come into their lives. There is a town in Vermont, Rochester, where the caskets were unearthed from the cemetery and floating around.....that's how powerful water is. Is there a perfect place to retire? Makes one wonder. WE are NOT enjoying the humidity up here lately..........very muggy. Our airconditioner is going all the time. Can't wait for autumn crisp cool weather.
Our soggy carpeting is from the fact that our backyard is a hill and the torrential rains.....more like monsoons, naturally come downhill. Even though it had all been graded very well to begin with..........when the ground is saturated from the previous storms this summer........the water has to go someplace. First time that hubby didn't complain; he saw that it could be much worse with the news photos of the full basement flooding in Vermont and vicinity not to mention homes falling off their foundations and being washed away..............so better to put it all into perspective. We were lucky as well.