We went camping over the weekend, and were gone exactly 48 hours. While we were gone, some kids came into our yard and decided to play with our hose and water. They left the hose on full force (using 41,000 gallons of water.....that's more than enough to fill an average swimming pool). Well, our sump pumps just couldn't handle the overload of water, and gave out from so much pumping. This is what we came home to on Sunday. Following are a few pictures of our nightmare. They are a small fraction of the mess here.
Five inches of water in our entire basement.
Carpet and furniture gone.
About half of our school books......gone.
Photo albums wet.
But by far the most heartbreaking for me......29 video tapes ruined.....unless we want to spend $167.50 per tape to recover them.....and that doesn't include shipping! Unfortunately, the cost is prohibitive. These tapes were from Scott's birth to present. The only reason they were even in the basement, was because we were in the process of putting them onto the computer. We just hadn't gotten very far.
