” And it rained for a real long time!” goes the old song about a great flood of long ago. I know we do not have it as bad as those folks, but 3.5″ overnight on top of the days of lashing Nor’easter driven rain is a lot of rain. All water that must run off somewhere; the ground was already saturated with standing water when the skies let loose a waterfall.
All that rain did run off and in some places the soil erosion is serious. I was planning to use a picture of some riverbank damage. I wasn’t sure if the camera could capture the dueling erosion marks. High water damage from the first storm, the gullies cut to the river where countless acre/feet of water ran into the river from the second. Then I saw this beginner Grand Canyon in a neighbor’s field; this was just a ditch not long ago. Like I said in the beginning, it rained real hard.
I can’t even begin to imagine all of the water damage it created inside the homes though. Goodness, it doesn’t bear thinking about. If there was this amount of water outside, then surely it must’ve created some damage on the inside too. I’m sure some of my neighbors would have had to contact property damage experts later. A distant relative, who used to live near the Roseville area a few years ago, had to face similar issues. It usually doesn’t rain that heavy in that part of the country, but that one time it did, She had to call in experts in property damage restoration in Roseville to get her house fixed!
Another time, it happened to my friend not so long ago. Her area experienced even more rainfall than us, and because she had a clogged drain, all that water ended up inside her home. Luckily, she had insurance but as they took ages to give her the money she deserved, she had to enlist the help of a public adjuster Doylestown to help drive their applications forward. It worked, and this allowed her to get started on the repair process as soon as possible. Apparently all of her electrics were ruined and she had no power for days. I told her to check out SALT Light & Electric to find an electrician who could replace all of her damaged wiring which all needed stripping out. I also made sure she knew to ask to have her plug sockets raised further up the walls on the ground floor so that if she is flooded again, she’ll at least still have a safe electrical supply. So, I really hope that none of this happened to anyone around here. It would be devastating. Thanks, rainfall…
