h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I hate to complain, given the situation in Texas, but we've had another record rainfall here, and flooding all over the neighborhood. Runoff from the roof and fascia is leaking around two of the windows- one in the living room and the one in this little room with the computer in it. I won't tell you want sort of things I've got wedged around the venetian blinds... let's just say they're the most absorbent things I had on hand. But we had to wipe down all of the DVD cases and the top edge of a couple of books got wet. Plus the dripping noise is making me pee every 20 minutes...

It's not a massive flood in the house or anything, but it's been a significant enough amount of water to fill 2 inches of a 6-inch flower pot. And we'll have to wash two sets of blinds, the fabric on one of which may be permanently slightly discolored, four windows and a couple of walls.

Plus we can't go anywhere. The trains are running again after they cleared flood waters from the tracks, but a lot of the streets just east of us are closed.

I wish the stupid rain would stop.

If I suddenly go offline it probably means the walls have fallen in on me and the computer has been washed away in the deluge.

Is it took late to send you water-wings?

Sounds awful.

Oh, and sorry, but this made me

>>Plus the dripping noise is making me pee every 20 minutes...<<

Just because you are intercontinental, dear sister!

I'll take 'em!

The water coming in is really aggravating.

But not wanting to go anywhere has left us with lots of time to fart around, in between wiping trickles of water.

We don't live anywhere near the Des Plaines river, which is set to crest sometime tomorrow, but we're less than a mile west of the Chicago River so a lot of the streets are full of runoff and many viaducts are flooded.

At least we're not in as bad shape as Texans are now. Our cousins evacuated from Houston late last week and hopefully are on higher ground. Hopefully all Texan hootooers are safe and have homes to return to.

So I really shouldn't be moaning about some leaking windows (except for the nagging fear that someday the ceiling is going to cave in on us...).

Dripping sounds always make me have to pee. Hopefully that didn't make you laugh so hard that you had to, as well.

Hey if I didn't laugh at the absurdity of it all I'd probably lose my temper...

Keep smiling hunny.. save your temper for the cleaning up

It hopefully won't be that bad- and at least it missed the electric outlets, etc.

One would think that K would have been more amused by my ingenious and strategic use of various feminine hygiene products than he was was. I thought it was inspired.

It depends on how much the neighbours can see of them!

Why not? Very handy for first aid, too. They're not sterile, but are clean...

Sorry to hear about your windows and fanny plasters PC

Hopefully this stealth kitteh'll cheer you up. Think the Doctor Who episode with the statues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdvLEiWzEvQ

Aw, how cute!

Well you are due some frustrating feelings!

I too feel bad for the folks of Texas and throughout the flooding areas. It is terrible how price gouging on gas started for the very people travelling north.I hope that has ended.

Since it is not a contest,I feel for you too, not easy!

Snow would probably be more fun.
That will come soon enough!

Who do we know down there? The only person I know (still) in Tx is Lentilla, but she's way up in Fort Worth.

I don't know anyone personally. I did check with Gosho, who said he's far enough away that it wasn't cause for much concern. But a hootooer named Count Zero lives in Houston; I don't know him at all but I hope he'll have a home to come home to.

PC, you should say Rain Rain go to Spain, that's the rhyme, is it not?

and here it's always wellcome.

Also you can sing a song from the Credence and the Water Revival: " and I wonder, still I wonder... Who'll stop the rain" at least it is a good song.
Or...
I'm singing under rain, or " rain drops are falling on my head"...
just to keep you amused

Well I've not laughed that much for a while...... first the thought of you packing round your windows and blinds with pads and then watching stealth cat just sent me over the edge! Thanks for the link Christopher, I will be passing that around the cat lovers at work tomorrow

Yay! Stealth Cat


Very good

Well, the stupid leaking has finally stopped, as has most of the residual dripping. I hope. They just painted the outside wood trim and masonry last summer so one would think any structural problems would've been noticed. We're hoping this was a fluke on account of the duration of the downpour and the strong winds.

But if it happens again next time it rains, we may have to start apartment hunting. That'd kill me- I love this place. But I don't want it to collapse on me.

Stealth cat cracked K and me up. What a cutie.