No. We've had almost two inches of rain, in about twelve hours. In our driveway is the only storm drain on our street. Why is it there? Because the road has a natural dip right here.
When it pours, all the yard debris from up and down the street floods in, and clogs the drain. Normally, it's not too bad. Hah! Today, the darn drain has clogged so badly, water is standing nine inches deep over it! It's flooded my yard, and even backed up under my carport halfway. (If we ever enclose it, we'll have to build up the floor first.) I had niece call in and tell her manager we can't get out of the driveway, without risking getting water up the tailpipe. Been there, done that, never again!
After measuring the depth of the water, in the pouring rain, I took a steel rake and raked out tons of leaves and debris. The drain started working. It was then I noticed something DH had done.
We've been rebuilding our sun porch, removing the windows, which were worn out, and replacing bad wood and screening it in completely. It looks beautiful! We're very proud of ourselves indeed. :-6
DH leaves old nails in the old wood. I was always taught to remove them, so they won't pose a hazard to anyone. (He stepped on one two weeks ago, and ended up in the ER. Didn't he learn anything?) Last night, knowing all this rain is coming, (he's a meteorologist for the military), he loads up all the old/scrap lumber, and hauls it to the front, for trash pickup.
Trash pickup is Wednesdays, if they're not behind. Two inches of rain. Our yard debris pickup point is right where water drains from up the street. The cardboard box he used dissolved in the rain, and all that old lumber, complete with nails, starts floating off.
DH works on Sundays. Bella doesn't. Guess who had to go out in the pouring rain and fish it out of the street, where it was posing a hazard to passing motorists, who don't have the sense to slow down in the rain?
You got it! I will hurt him when he gets home tonight. I told him to leave it in the back yard until Tuesday evening, but he is like his mom, and wants every scrap of trash out of the yard, so it looks pristine. (Yet, he'll save an old broken hose reel, rusted tight, and un-usable.):-5
The drain is working now, thanx to me. The lumber is safely contained, out of harm's way, thanx to me. I'm drenched, thanx to DH.
Grrrr.
