Oh yuck, sorry to hear that!! I guess we'll hear tomorrow what's up with our cars--a glimmer of hope on the Honda, though--may have been a hose and not the whole radiator that bit the dust. One can hope....
HOWEVER we're dealing with another mess. The remnants of Hurricane Frances moved through late this afternoon dumping 5.75" of rain (last time I checked--it's still raining and we remain under a tornado watch for 2 more hrs). The drain outside our basement door (walk out, level there) hadn't been cleaned out and water came in under the door. LOTS of water. So much water that a lot of things are ruined. So much water that a 5 gal. ShopVac is next to worthless--it would fill in a matter of seconds. We actually started out bailing with buckets!!
It flooded the west half of the basement over to the steps (which are in the center). Here's a picture of the floor at the bottom of the stairs:
It was a painted floor (kind of glad now I didn't have the $$ this summer to put down tile or linoleum...) and all the paint is bubbling up and coming off. About half the tiles in the downstairs bathroom are popping off.
I am SO tired of all this stuff happening!! I've been dealing with this since I got home--and tomorrow marks the first day of real classes!!!! (Like I've gotten a damn thing done tonight to prepare for that!!)
