Wednesday, September 21, 2005

a flooded home


Well, this past week we had very heavy rains early in the morning. I couldn't tell it was raining that bad but the fire alarm went off. So, I promtly left my apt. and went out into the hallway. As I came out I could hear the water very well and it was then that I got worried there may actually be a fire. At that moment I simply assumed I was hearing the sprinkler system's water. As I got down to the first floor I saw water just pouring out of the ceiling directly in front of one of the apts. so I thought the fire had been there. However, when the fire dept. got here they investigated and told us that it was rain water. I was amazed at how much water was coming down. Soon half of the 1st floor hallway was full of water. Fortunately the rain did not last too long and the building mangers could get to work by removing the carpet and search for the source of the leak. The next day they brought in big loud fans to dry the floors. They've been on since that day and it isn't until today that they're taking them down. Anyhow, I thought a bit about my everyday life would be a nice break from my questions to you.
An interesting thing came out of this whole event. There was a person downstairs from me who loved to play music really loud. So loud that it made my floors vibrate. Now, I wouldn't mind it if it weren't for the fact that this person did it at 6am! So the game was me asking her to turn it down and she listening for almost a week then doing it again. But, since the "flooding" I haven't heard any music. So, now I have a dilema, I'm happy because I don't have a vibrating bed at 6am. While at the same time I'm feeling bad at the thought that the reason for it may be that the water coming in ruined her sound system. And if the sound system's ruined what about the rest of her furniture?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

OMG THATS HORRIBLY FLOODED, is it all moldy now, and the rug all stinky haha