Items floating around in the flooded basement in April 2019

            Kind of a long story about this. This was one of those "senior moments" of my mother's. The day before the basement flooded she had gone down to the basement for some reason & discovered that one of PVC pipes that is connected to the sump pump was leaking really bad & so she turned off the sump pump. She then came back upstairs & promptly forgot all about that. I had no idea there was a problem until I went to check on the basement the next day due to the amount of rain we'd received & discovered it was flooded. When I told her we needed to call the plumber because the basement was flooded she then remembered about the problem with the sump pump & told me about it. Memory loss in the elderly is so frustrating. One would think you wouldn't forget about a major leak with the sump pump pipe in the amount of time it takes to leave the basement & walk back upstairs? We did get the water out & fixed the sump pump. It turns out there was some kind of small rodent that some how or other got in the pipe per the plumber. This caused the pipe to become obstructed. The area we live in has a very high water table & it is rather common for basement flooding to occur. Operating sump pumps are imperative to help prevent flooding. We've not had anymore problems since then, especially since my Mom bought a natural gas powered generator that comes on automatically in about 30 seconds after the loss of electricity. Now we don't have to worry so much that the sump pumps aren't working. I think this generator is well worth the money it cost. 
   

Taken on: April 30, 2019

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Camera: Canon PowerShot SX710 HS, f/3.2, 1/25 sec, 4.5mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SX710 HS
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	0.04 sec (1/25)
Focal Length:	4.5mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
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