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Eating My Words -- No Worries! The Flooding Didn't Touch Me!

September 28th, 2010 at 04:09 am

A few weeks ago we were having major rainstorms, and even a few tornadoes touched down. The rain was a pain to drive in, but otherwise didn't bother me too much. I felt bad for the people in Lewisville near the river who were flooded, but wasn't worried about that where I am.

So ... this afternoon Korean boy didn't have any homework, and we couldn't find his English teacher to get his list of vocab words to start on. I left early. I've decided to get back into strength training, so I needed my dumbbells from my storage unit. The last time I was inside it was maybe in May??

I opened it up, and the first thing I saw was that the floor was a mess. It looked like puppy turds and dead grasshoppers (and probably other bugs as well.) My dad and stepdad both think the puppy turds are mud. Hope so - would hate to find an animal inside my unit big enough to .... you get the point.

Next thing I noticed was that some of the empty flattened boxes which were upright, showed wet stains about half-way up. It also smelled kind of funky.

The only conclusion I can reach is that the units got flooded at some point. This had to have happened several weeks ago. Until this week, we've had HOT humid weather. Nobody called me. When my credit card was about to expire, they made sure to call me. When they noticed the lock was on wrong, they were able to call me. But to call me and let me know "Hey, the units flooded, you might want to check your stuff." They couldn't manage to do that! You know, at a time where school hadn't really gotten underway, and I'd have time to dig through everything.

UGH!!

I'm going to call and see if I can talk to management tomorrow to find out what happened. Then Wednesday night after I'm done tutoring, stepdad is going to go with me to see just how bad it is.

The really sickening part is that most of the boxes on the floor had books in them. Frown Boxes of dishes and kitchen stuff can easily be cleaned up. Wet books that have sat for several weeks ...

5 Responses to “Eating My Words -- No Worries! The Flooding Didn't Touch Me!”

  1. Petunia Says:
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    So sorry to hear about your books! Good luck with your conversation tomorrow.

  2. creditcardfree Says:
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    Water damage of any kind is never fun. Luckily, books can be checked out at the library until you have funds to replace them. Best wishes for an easy cleanup!

  3. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
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    Oh, no. What a shame. You'd think the management knows they had a water problem.

  4. dmontngrey Says:
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    Oh no, that's no good. They definitely should have let folks know about this!! You can bet they've been on the ball with any damage they might have sustained to their property.

  5. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Thanks everyone. I didn't contact management today, but will be doing so tomorrow.

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