I hope it is enough......
Well, it has been a day and a half. We were in a holding pattern until around 11:00am - trying to decide if we should, or shouldn't sandbag. I was pushing for sandbagging as I'm all about being proactive rather than reactive.
We finally made the decision to go for it and started filling sandbags. We had about 200 filled when reinforcements arrived from Terry's worksite. Awesome people! My brother was calling every so often to see how we were doing and to check and make sure things were going alright. I felt so sorry for him when I spoke to him. He's in Germany on business and will not be home until Friday.
We filled 2000 bags and we have another 2000 (hopefully) on reserve. They are sitting at the local elevator - which is flood central for other residents of Adrian who are in the same boat.
I made a trip to Jamestown to pick up plugs for the toilets and drains. I'm making a mental note to make sure that I thank our good friend Neil for coming in to his plumbing shop after hours when he was helping a friend sandbag as well. Now, when I get back with these wonderful plugs (so the crude doesn't come up from the sewer) everyone left. I was kinda hoping that they would still be here ...cuz what do I do now??? I am not plumber at all.
I am going to try and go to work tomorrow albeit not at 7am (my normal time). Of course, it all depends on whether the water level has come up and if we need to lay another layer of bags on top of what we already have.
I'm tired, I'm sore, and nervouse. The water has about 2 ft to go until it hits the deck of the house.
i won't be getting a lot of sleep tonight - we'll be checking the river levels all night long I'm sorry.
Well, goodnight....for now.
We finally made the decision to go for it and started filling sandbags. We had about 200 filled when reinforcements arrived from Terry's worksite. Awesome people! My brother was calling every so often to see how we were doing and to check and make sure things were going alright. I felt so sorry for him when I spoke to him. He's in Germany on business and will not be home until Friday.
We filled 2000 bags and we have another 2000 (hopefully) on reserve. They are sitting at the local elevator - which is flood central for other residents of Adrian who are in the same boat.
I made a trip to Jamestown to pick up plugs for the toilets and drains. I'm making a mental note to make sure that I thank our good friend Neil for coming in to his plumbing shop after hours when he was helping a friend sandbag as well. Now, when I get back with these wonderful plugs (so the crude doesn't come up from the sewer) everyone left. I was kinda hoping that they would still be here ...cuz what do I do now??? I am not plumber at all.
I am going to try and go to work tomorrow albeit not at 7am (my normal time). Of course, it all depends on whether the water level has come up and if we need to lay another layer of bags on top of what we already have.
I'm tired, I'm sore, and nervouse. The water has about 2 ft to go until it hits the deck of the house.
i won't be getting a lot of sleep tonight - we'll be checking the river levels all night long I'm sorry.
Well, goodnight....for now.
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