If one more person tells me "we need the rain," I'm going to snap. If you need the rain so bad, bring a bucket or twelve and help yourself, because apparently the rain that everyone else so badly needs is in my basement.
We've never had a problem with water in the basement before except for the few times where the drain at the bottom of the basement stair (which is outside) was blocked with leaves, making the water run into the basement. Well, apparently the ground is SUPER saturated due to all the melted snow from two weeks ago and the 3 (now 4) consecutive days of rain, and it couldn't take any more.
We came home from breakfast yesterday morning and I noticed the basement stair landing was full of water, and it had flowed (rather substantially) into the basement. Well, I shop-vac'd the water out of the landing, but it NEVER STOPPED. Turns out, water was spewing out of the drain like Old Faithful.
So, I plug the drain with a rag and vacuum the water out. Well, that must have built up some pressure, because then water starts seeping through cracks in the floor close to the door. Additionally, I had water coming through other cracks on the far end of the basement.
So, we put EVERYTHING up in the basement on blocks and set up a siphon hose running from the landing to the sump basin and pump. Water ran continuously for about 10 hours yesterday. It was ok this morning, but I'm sure it will be flooded again this afternoon.
Forget rain, I need drought!
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