Perhaps you’ve heard about the rain in Colorado. On Monday, we received more rain in one hour than we received in June, July and August combined.
Our problems started over the weekend though. We’ve been in the middle of a huge remodeling project and on Saturday, we took the gutters off of our home. They were old and rickety. Colorado is usually pretty dry (we live in high desert), so we didn’t feel the urgency to put them back up right away. Bad Idea Jeans.
Our home isn’t graded well and water near the foundation is never good. On Monday when the monsoon started, we threw a whole bunch of plastic totes underneath the roof to try to catch some of the water. That worked somewhat, but they filled up quickly, requiring us to go out and empty them frequently. We also didn’t have enough of them to cover the whole roof. On Tuesday, we high-tailed it to the home improvement store to pick up some new gutters and am I glad we did.
The rain on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning has been torrential. Our little mountain fed creek which was 3′ deep and 20′ wide is now 20′ deep and 200′ wide in places. Luckily, we aren’t close enough for it to be an issue for us. Please keep your distance Mr. Creek.
So, in between bailing out water, installing gutters and taking 3 showers a day to get all of the mud off, the normally scheduled rant is cancelled in lieu of pictures of the chaos. Of course, I could just complain about the rain. However, I’m not sure I could write that post without spewing tons of inappropriate language. Here’s hoping that things dry out soon. This sucks.
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Wow, that’s something! I hope the waters recede and you guys come out ok.
The Mid-Autumn festival is next week, and it’s in the 90s in NYC at the moment. It has never felt less like fall.
Hi Meg, the weather is nuts. I don’t like the rain, but I don’t like the heat either. Bah. Scary times. No coastal real-estate for me.
Holy river of crap, Batman! That’s some serious water. Good luck and make sure the girls don’t get sucked downstream.
Thanks! Yes, it would suck if the girls got washed away!
Just saw the headlines about the flooding a few minutes ago. Hope you guys stay okay!
Do you guys have flood insurance? It’s not something I really think about for non-coastal areas, but wow!
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Ha, no flood insurance, but I think we’re OK. Something insane (dam failure) would have to happen for us to be in trouble. Knock on concrete.
That flooding sounded incredible out there! Glad you got the gutters on! Some of this extreme weather we’ve been getting the last few years is INSANE. I think much more of it is on the way, unfortunately!
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Yep, extreme weather is going to be the norm. Scary, but as long as you’re aware of it, you can plan. No coastal property for me.
Wow that is insane!
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That is absolutely unbelievable! You hear about things like this on the news, but it’s hard to fathom until you see the pictures or hear about a “little creek” expanding exponentially in every direction…
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I loved the Bad Idea Jeans sketch. I don’t know the guy, but I have two kidneys and he needs one, so I figure…
Sorry Mother Nature isn’t cooperating with your renovations. That stuff’s out of your control, and you’re doing all you can to mitigate…here’s to hoping things get better.
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The Bad Idea Jeans thing is just awesome. Classic SNL!!!
I hate Mother Nature at the moment!
Wow, that’s crazy! I’m sorry it had to happen in the middle of taking the gutters off. I can’t deal with constant rain every day, it gets depressing. I hope it stops soon and that the creek water stays away!
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Thanks! I agree! Colorado is the land of sunshine, supposedly 300 days of it/year. They don’t mention though that apparently the rain comes 65 days in a row.
When it rains, it pours! Hunker down…it is finite.
Ha, the rain seems infinite at this moment…
My office will be closed until Monday. I work in Boulder. I grew up here and have NEVER seen so much water in my life. I am really happy to hear that you guys are ok. Stay safe!
Holy crap, isn’t it nuts? A week ago, I was cursing the heat. I’ll never to that again.
Glad you guys are safe so far! Praying that the stream continues to stay away!
Yeah, it is nuts. Things actually got a lot worse since I posted this, but we’re still too high for it to get to us.
Thanks Anna! This is nuts. Funny thing is it happened at a previous place too. Maybe we just attract 500 year floods?
Where I live, people would kill for that kind of rainfall.
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I’ll ship it over to you!
I saw some of the images on the news this morning. It looked just awful. I’m glad to hear that you guys where able to get the gutters up and help protect your new investment. Hopefully you catch a break sometime soon.
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Wow, we saw some coverage today in a restaurant – car rescue. Scary stuff. Keep those cute little girls and the Magical Mrs. 1500 safe – yourself too, of course!
We need the rain because everything is dead here and the bugs are starting to come inside to get out of the heat. I’m all about living things, but the bugs need to stay outside.
Take care, Mr. 1500!
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I just saw on the news this morning how bad things are… I hope you guys are staying safe, and that the creek doesn’t rise too far!
Yowza, that is some flooding! that poor bench. Glad you were able to get gutters installed before the serious rain returned. I heard about the flooding so I hope everything is ok in your house… this fall weather is crazy for a lot of places in the States!
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