That's right. Five inches of rainfall last night. That's on top of the 1.5 inches on Saturday morning. You would think we were in a typhoon or something! The sump pump ran all night, and before bedtime, the emergency sump pump kicked on as well. It too ran most of the night. But... no basement flood! And why did that bother our sleep? Well, the emergency pump has a high-pitched wail to signal that it was needed, and it continues the whole time it is running. After awhile, you kind of forget it about it and it fades into the white noise of the house, but on one level you remain aware that the basement could be on the verge of flooding. So several times during the night, either Kevin or I got up to go check on things.
Weather forecast? More heavy rain tonight, tomorrow, and Wednesday. It's too bad we can't send some of these clouds out West where they NEED the rain!
We've had two days of non-stop drizzle and quiet rain--it's like it was spring all over again! I popped out this morning to check the tree branches in back (looking suspiciously low) and we had 4 1/2 inches in our rain gauge.
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