I do not love the smell of soggy basement in the morning.

jongibbs

Aug. 29th, 2011 11:55 am (UTC)

Thanks, Mike. Considering the state some other folks found themselves in, I'm counting myself among the lucky ones.

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temporus

Aug. 29th, 2011 11:56 am (UTC)

Hope it didn't do too much damage. Hope you guys are all OK.

jongibbs

Aug. 29th, 2011 03:46 pm (UTC)

Compared to some, we were very lucky indeed. How about you, Ed?

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starry_diadem

Aug. 29th, 2011 12:10 pm (UTC)

Glad to hear that you're all okay.

jongibbs

Aug. 29th, 2011 03:48 pm (UTC)

We live in Monmouth County, which had a few tornado warnings, so we slept downstairs. Fortunately, my daughters treated it as a bit of an adventure :)

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Aug. 29th, 2011 03:50 pm (UTC)

I was originally going to title this post "I'm all wet, Mr. Mainwaring." But then I figured most of my American friends (and quite a few of my younger British ones) wouldn't get the Dad's Army reference ;)

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dawtheminstrel

Aug. 29th, 2011 01:03 pm (UTC)

Oh so sorry. My MIL is in NJ too and she had about a foot of water in the basement. The power went out and the sump pump went off and you know the rest. Sympathy.

jongibbs

Aug. 29th, 2011 03:53 pm (UTC)

A foot? Yeuch!

We had an inch or two, but as luck would have it, the power was only out for about five hours, so the sump pump came back on. Like I said above, I count this as a lucky escape compared to some - a mile down the road from us, they've been told they won't get power back for another couple of days :(

I'm definitely buying one of those emergency power unit thingies, in preparation for the next big storm

msstacy13

Aug. 29th, 2011 01:13 pm (UTC)

Well, of course, it's good that you still have something above your basement,
but that doens't make it any less soggy...

Yet the soggy basement doesn't dampen your spirit... -

jongibbs

Aug. 29th, 2011 03:53 pm (UTC)

Lol, indeed not :P

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misha_mcg

Aug. 29th, 2011 03:38 pm (UTC)

Oh no! Hope you didn't get too much water from the hurricane.

jongibbs

Aug. 29th, 2011 03:54 pm (UTC)

More than I'd have liked, but a lot less than some poor souls. How about you, Misha?

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tracy_d74

Aug. 29th, 2011 04:09 pm (UTC)

So sad to hear you got damage. I hope clean up goes smoothly.

jongibbs

Aug. 29th, 2011 04:37 pm (UTC)

More damp than damage, thank goodness.

This morning and this afternoon, we've been going over the carpeted areas with the carpet cleaner/vacuum thingy (and by 'we', I mean, Senior Management for the most part). I've been clearing and/or throwing out soggy bits and pieces, most of which should have gone out years ago anyway.

musingaloud

Aug. 29th, 2011 05:57 pm (UTC)

Oh noes! Hope it gets clean smelling soon! Without involving horrendous amounts of time and money.

jongibbs

Aug. 30th, 2011 06:58 am (UTC)

Me too, Pam. Me too :)

mongrelheart

Aug. 29th, 2011 06:48 pm (UTC)

Urgh! Sorry to hear about your basement. But glad you're OK!

jongibbs

Aug. 30th, 2011 06:59 am (UTC)

Thanks, Kammy :)

ladysaotome

Aug. 29th, 2011 07:47 pm (UTC)

Fun, fun. Glad you went through it ok. I have many memories of nights spent in my parent's walk-in closet &/or my grandparents basement.

jongibbs

Aug. 30th, 2011 06:59 am (UTC)

And some of them during a storm or hurricane too, right? ;)

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jongibbs

Aug. 30th, 2011 07:00 am (UTC)

Thanks. It'll be all but forgotten in a week or two (I hope) :)

mary_j_59

Aug. 29th, 2011 11:08 pm (UTC)

Alas! Too true. Did I tell you my Dad and my sister were singing "Good Night, Irene" for two days before she hit. Good night, indeed!

And I hope the basement is soon dry, and that you didn't lose anything important in the flood.

jongibbs

Aug. 30th, 2011 07:01 am (UTC)

The carpet'll have to go, but I don't see much point replacing it. Other than that, all we've lost is sleep and time :)

suelder

Aug. 30th, 2011 07:48 am (UTC)

We were very lucky, but Boyfriend has no power, still. Minimal water, even without the power.

What a week.

jongibbs

Aug. 30th, 2011 11:28 am (UTC)

I hope he gets power back soon.

clarionj

Aug. 30th, 2011 08:10 am (UTC)

Awww ... hope cleanup goes smoothly. Love your little cleanup guys :)

jongibbs

Aug. 30th, 2011 11:30 am (UTC)

Thanks, Pat. Sadly, they weren't quick enough. It's been 48 hours now and the basement carpets are still pretty damp, which means they'll have to go :(