My House under water
By Jayanth
@jayanth_77 (7180)
India
July 30, 2020 11:55pm CST
I always dread the rainy season. Since last few years my parents house gets flooded with rain water. This year too since last few days it rained continuously for 2 days and water had entered the house.
Luckily we had anticipated it well in advance and removed all things at floor level . The water entered the car shed, living room and the kitchen. Luckily the rains showed mercy and stopped else we would have had to vacate our house and stay in a lodge or some relative house.
Now comes the hard task of cleaning as the water has finally receaded.
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@Deepizzaguy (94581)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
31 Jul 20
Sorry to learn about your weather problem.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
Thanks for your concern. Hope the flooding does not repeat again. Else it will be an expensive affair to clean and repair or replace the damages.
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@Deepizzaguy (94581)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Aug 20
@jayanth_77 I know what you are going through since I have been through a handful of floods in my lifetime.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
1 Aug 20
@Deepizzaguy thanks for your concern. yes dealing with floods and other calamities can be tough.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
4 Aug 20
@jayanth_77 I'm glad to hear it was only a few inches. It could have been so much worse.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
thanks for your concern. luckily the water level inside the house was only a few inches. If water level would have been few feet then the walls would have needed to be repainted and replace the damaged household goods.
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@pandeydeependra (611)
• India
31 Jul 20
Drainage problem is on hike these days. Home level goes down comparing to road level,
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
You are absolutely right. Houses are at a lower level than the roads so rain water enters the houses.
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@marguicha (215481)
• Chile
31 Jul 20
I am so sorry. In my country, some houses place sacks filled with sand so that water does not enter.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
Thanks for your concern. Yes sand bags are a great idea but water tends to find gaps and enter no matter what foolproof technique you apply. When the entire locality around your house is flooded its impossible to stop rain water from entering your house.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
31 Jul 20
Sorry about it dear. Good rain stopped on time
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
thanks for your concern. Yes the rains stopped well in time.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
yes all is well for the time being. But the rainy season has just started . Hope it does not happen again.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
thanks for your concern. Yes the floods are becoming quiet common.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 Jul 20
Ouch. I do not like the title. It was like that in our rented house. When it pours the flood would enter our living room. We were there for 5 years.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 Jul 20
@jayanth_77 there's a lot of mud and traces of oil. Good thing that there were no snakes and rats.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
yes it really feels bad with the house is flooded with rain water. More than the cleaning it's the danger of all kinds of animals and reptiles entering the house as they their homes are too flooded.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
@Alexandoy you may even find snakes and rats. Need to be alert and keep doors and windows closed.
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@Hannihar (129481)
• Israel
31 Jul 20
@jayanth_77
I am sorry this always happens in the rainy season where you are. I have had plumbing problems so know about having to clean up water on the floor and was in a flood so know what water rising is like. It is no fun at all.
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@Hannihar (129481)
• Israel
2 Aug 20
@jayanth_77
You are so right it is a mess to clean up and now because of the corona it is even harder to clean up.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
1 Aug 20
Yes it's no fun at all. Post the flooding it's a messy affair of cleaning and disinfecting.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
thanks for your concern. yes floods can be devastating.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
@fluffy69 cleaning took about half a day. We could do it only when the rain stopped and water receaded.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
1 Aug 20
Thanks for your concern. Yes you need to be lucky to escape nature's fury.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
3 Aug 20
@nawala123 it's raining and hope it doesn't rain for 24 hours again. If it does then the flooding will repeat.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
3 Aug 20
thanks for your concern. The flooding has got over and we are safe.
@LotusEyes (2716)
• India
31 Jul 20
It was great that the rain stopped on time, fortunately not much water seeped into the house. You have taken good care of it
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
it's shear luck and mercy of the rain gods. Hope it rains intermitantly to allow the water to drain out.
@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
31 Jul 20
Slant roof is not a problem. Problem is no place for the rain water to drain out or be absorbed by the soil. Trees and grass lands which absorbed the water no longer exist due to concrete jungles . Drains are choked with garbage and plastic waste.
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