Who'll stop the rain?

[missjo]

Where's my bloody global warming that's what I say
I was supposed to go to the Zoo today but it was pissing down here

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

I was supposed to go to the Zoo today...

Insemination program or just your regular check-up?

[missjo]

To see the new baby elephant who was a miracle birth because all the zookeepers & experts thought he'd died in utero but he popped out alive a 2 weeks after they thought his little heart had stopped!

[Diego in Seattle]

I love Seattle's weather. Keeps all the pussies out.

[Dinsdale]

20 inches for the month of March.

That's about how much we've had... in the last 6 months (which is the Wet Season).


But it's been soaking for the last 3 days.

Might have to run up the street here and see if it brough morels up... yummy.

[Screw_Michigan]

I was supposed to go to the Zoo today...

Insemination program or just your regular check-up?

Why didn't anybody rack this?

[Goober McTuber]

I was supposed to go to the Zoo today...

Insemination program or just your regular check-up?

Why didn't anybody rack this?

I was busy. Can't speak for anyone else.

[ChargerMike]

...what's a basement?

[indyfrisco]

...what's a basement?

About to be my new mancave inside the house. Finishing out mine now. Here's the back of the bar I am putting in.

[ChargerMike]

what's a sump pump?

[Mikey]

what's a sump pump?

Actually it's required equipment in California...if your pool doesn't have a bottom drain.

[Dinsdale]

Actually it's required equipment in California...if your pool doesn't have a bottom drain.

It's not required by law in NW Oregon, but by the Law of Common sense... when you originally defied the Laws of Common sense by buying a house that isn't graded far enough above the water table.

[LTS TRN 2]

by the Law of Common sense... when you originally defied the Laws of Common sense by buying a house that isn't graded far enough above the water table.

Who would be that stupid?!

Uh..the Army Corp of Engineers?..

[Th]

What is this 'rain' you speak of?



Sunny & 75 since the Superbowl or so 'round these parts.

[ChargerMike]

Rip up all the subflooring or whatever is between the tile and the concrete


...uh that would be black mold more than likely...good luck with that :o

[Derron]

Actually it's required equipment in California...if your pool doesn't have a bottom drain.

It's not required by law in NW Oregon, but by the Law of Common sense... when you originally defied the Laws of Common sense by buying a house that isn't graded far enough above the water table.

Hmm..dig a hole in the ground, line it with something that will not stop hydraulic pressure, build a house on top of it, and then it fills up with water ?? Shocking..

I don't think there has been a crib built around here since about 1960 that even has a fucking basement..

[mvscal]

I will. Have a seat, Mr. Jones.

[smackaholic]

Actually it's required equipment in California...if your pool doesn't have a bottom drain.

It's not required by law in NW Oregon, but by the Law of Common sense... when you originally defied the Laws of Common sense by buying a house that isn't graded far enough above the water table.

He is above the water table, dumbass. If not, it would be perpetually flooded. The problem is with the amount of rain we have, the "water table" becomes pretty much everything beneath your lawn. I've been pretty lucky so far, but then my house is built on a hillside and the soil drains extremely well. Go more than a foot or 2 down anywhere I've dugg on my property and it's mostly sand. The most I'm likely to see is a little dampness on the uphill side of my basement. I've never had standing water and can't imagine I ever will.

Tod, will homeowners insurance cover this or would you need specific flood insurance. Fukk, just call your agent tomorrow and buy flood insurance. That is the way insurance works now, ain't it?

[smackaholic]

there's gotta be somebody you trust that could shut it down in a few days.

how 'bout that asshole neighbor?

[H4ever]

Sunny and 80 degrees today in my "neck" of Nebraska. Sunny and 83 tomorrow....but 47 and rain by Friday. Sweet.

[Goober McTuber]

I have decided to still go on my vacation. I'm just going to leave that sump pump running. The motor will eventually burn out once it starts sucking air for a few hours I would think.

Maybe at that point it will catch on fire and take the house with it. You not very smart.

[smackaholic]

I have decided to still go on my vacation. I'm just going to leave that sump pump running. The motor will eventually burn out once it starts sucking air for a few hours I would think.

Maybe at that point it will catch on fire and take the house with it. You not very smart.

Or maybe he is.

Flooding not covered. Fire is.

I vote for leaving it running under a pile of oily rags to keep it quiet.

[Goober McTuber]

I have decided to still go on my vacation. I'm just going to leave that sump pump running. The motor will eventually burn out once it starts sucking air for a few hours I would think.

Maybe at that point it will catch on fire and take the house with it. You not very smart.

Everyone has their niche for inteligence. Yours happens to be in finding websites devoted to the sexual exploitation of children. It's what you're good at.

Nice projection, Tardd. You're the one who always found it necessary to defend child rapists. Die already, you fat drunken pedophile.

[Dinsdale]

It's not required by law in NW Oregon, but by the Law of Common sense... when you originally defied the Laws of Common sense by buying a house that isn't graded far enough above the water table.

He is above the water table, dumbass.[/quote]

Never implied he was...

dumbass.

[smackaholic]

It's not required by law in NW Oregon, but by the Law of Common sense... when you originally defied the Laws of Common sense by buying a house that isn't graded far enough above the water table.

He is above the water table, dumbass.

Never implied he was...

dumbass.[/quote]

OK.

He is far enough above the water table, dumbass. The fact that he has never had issues prior to this ridiculously wet week proves this.

Your implication was that his swimming pool basement's condition has something to do with the water table.

It does not. Your basement could be 50 ft above the water table and be flooded right about now, just as it could be 5 ft above the water table and be dry as a bone. It comes down to soil type, yard grading, the existence or lack there of, of curtain drains and the water resistance of your basement wall. You could damn near build in a swamp and be dry in a properly constructed basement with good drainage, yard grading and wall construction just as you could be much higher and be swimming if these factors are working against you.