Storm City

Last Monday there were three sets of storms that hit around here. One in the morning kept me from going on a bike ride, an early evening one that almost caught me in a ride, and a later one that knocked out power and dropped a few inches of rain in less than an hour. That last storm was pretty intense - set off the city sirens (didn't even know we had those), spawned a few tornadoes, and had some 95 mph wind gusts.

The storm, power loss, and sirens actually didn't bother me. I wasn't too happy when the three inch drainage basin in front of my door overflowed though. Where to, you ask? Directly under my door and into 3/4 of my living room. Water came in for about fifteen minutes and was about an inch deep around the door. The only reason I knew about the water was because I almost slipped on some tile after tracking through it (the power was out).

I actually had stuff to do on Tuesday, so the only thing I could do was leave a fan blowing over part of the room. I'm pretty sure it didn't do anything other than circulate the stench and waste some power. Wednesday though, I ended up renting a carpet cleaner and first ran over the carpet with just suction. I was able to pull a few gallons out of the carpet, but it was definitely still wet. I ended up cleaning the room about four times with some cleaning solution and deodorizer. Between that, opening windows and doors, and blowing fans 24/7 the smell is slowly dissipating. Aaand, the carpet's actually drying out :D So yeah, water + carpet = suck.

After I realized my floor was wet. If only the water would've stayed in that area.