I thought our basement was water-proofed?

I have to be honest. Listening to the radio and watching the first 15 minutes of the news, you'd never know parts of Cleveland were hit with a torrential downpour--for most of the day!

I know we were because I am still recovering from it. We had three separate hits today.

I know I am not crazy and did not imagine this water logged episode. Our Pastor was driving west toward Vermilion and told us he saw multiple cars floating in water, covered in water, flipped over in the water.

It all started very early this morning. I finished at the dentist and ran into the post office. Upon my exit from the post office, the torrential rains and monsoon began. Near impossible driving conditions. I had 2 more stops to make. Each time I became a bit more soaked no matter how hard I tried to stay dry.

And then the moment of truth. Pulling into my driveway--well, I almost could not pull into my driveway because it was flooded upwards above my ankle toward my calf muscle. I knew it was going to be a bad one because the garage was beginning to flood. I did not even want to think about what may be happening in the basement.

When this happens, I get my squeegee and begin clearing the drain hole in the backyard hoping that something is covering it......I get totally soaked in the effort. I did grab my raincoat today and hike up my sweats but by the end of my drill, I abandoned the hood, let the raincoat swing open, and let my sweats just wade in the water, for they were soaked anyway!

I actually efforted pictures but it was raining so hard, I could not afford to ruin my fancy, new camera. All I could get were camera shots inside of the rains' aftermath. AND I did take 2 video movies of the debaucle inside. Of course I can not transfer the video to my blog OR to Facebook. Fits right in with the day I have been having. Well, if you actually could see the motion picture.....

Our supposedly water proofed basement is NOT water proof. There is a room beneath our sun room which leaks. However, the problem continues getting worse. Today, the water (and I still can not figure out just exactly where it is coming from) was pouring into our basement....making a clear stream from the sun room down the slope toward our wash basin.

Times 3.

Each time it would rain and pour, which happened three times today, the water would enter our home. At least it waited for me to get everything cleaned up and dry before it rained and started again!

At last count, we have 10 garbage bags and boxes of ruined items out on the front lawn as a nice little gift for our waste management friends!