PLEASE push some over to Virginia! It has been so dry here this summer. Glad you only had a little water in the basement and no other damage!

GF in Wausau, Wi Said it was raining there a lot too. Some damage to trees too.But she said it had been very dry so they needed it. Glad you are OK. Guess the water will dry up , might need to do some caulking to keep water out! or sandbags??? Jan

I want to call the realtor tomorrow and see if we can check on the house we are buying to make sure the basement is ok. It took me 1 1/2 hours to get home from work last night. It normally takes me 20 minutes. All the roads and the freeway were closed due to flooding. I had to go about 25 miles out of my way to get home through communities with tornado sirens blairing. Luckily, while I was trying to get home, it only rained hard for a few minutes. Prior to that, it rained for at least an hour with monsoon gales. The rain came down so hard you couldn't see at all.

I'm glad to hear that your house wasn't one of many that were badly flooded or that your Cadillac Escalade didn't fall into a giant sink hole (like one poor driver's).

Bob's dad's house got about 3' of water in the basement. His dad passed away last year right after Thanksgiving. Bob's family has been working on the house to get it ready to sell. Three feet of water is not a very good selling point! To make matters worse, the basement was finished and includes a real fireplace. I don't think I would ever want to fix up a basement around here. Too many risks of it getting flooded.

Bad here in Iowa, too! Some communities got 8 to 10" in 24 hr. period...really bad flooding happening in those towns. Hoping our little town nearby does not suffer the damage from Flood of 2008 (called a 500-yr flood)..town is ok for now but high river waters will be coming down yet & ground is so saturated. Our little town is still re-building from the 2008 one. DH & I helped with our local library & it's beautiful again with the help of volunteers from all over & the many, many monetary donations & books.

Good thoughts & prayers to you in WI ...let's hope for some dry weather ahead for a bit...this was supposed to be the drought year! Jeanne S.

Same here Kathy -- Chris was 15 minutes away from home & it took him 1 & 1/2 hours to get home because of the high water in the streets.

*** That sink hole was freaky -- especially with a running SUV in it ! LOL

Glad everyone is OK with minimum damage.....
We have sandy soil, so when it does rain a lot, and we have street flooding it goes away pretty quick. Only a very few basements here.

Jeanne, I remember the horrible flooding in Iowa. I hope your town doesn't experience any more rain for a while.

It seems pretty dried up around here now. So I'm hoping that is the end of it. Still haven't heard back from the realtor (dang guy has to have a life on the weekends!) so I'm not sure how well the house we are buying faired in the rain. Keep your fingers crossed!

I am happy to hear you all are okay we sure have had some freaky weather all over the country!

Now wouldn't it be wonderful if they laid pipes so Southern California could get the rain we need so badly. But that is tooo simple an idea, LOL.

Sylvia/Nanagrandma

Glad everyone is ok! We've had excessive heat here in NE. Doesn't cause damage just misery. But while I was away I guess there were tornado like winds and damage in CT. Nothing further north where i am in NH tho.
Kathy

GF sent me pics of damage in Wi. The "Christmas tree" that has 6000 lights at xmas was down ,many uprooted trees laying on houses, vehicles & garages. Shame when they are very old trees. In South Dakota her 2 relatives got hailed out so their crops are gone & they said it was a very good year with high yield up until the storm. Tough when economy is not good to have all this extra expense but like GF said in WI, 15 min. after storm you could hear the chainsaws all over town, people cleaning up the mess & getting on with life! Jan

My pond is soooo dry and it is rainy season here in Vero Beach only guess whats missing???? RAIN send some soon!!!!!!!!!!

We checked the basement at the house we are buying and it was fine. Whew!

I sure wish we could have bottled some of this rain and sent it to the parts of the country that needed it!

A dry basement -- boy - that's a load off of your mind.

Still NO rain here.Today I was able to drive my golf cart across the creek that is usually navigable by pedal boat. The turtles are coming up and eating with the ducks.I found a small turtle egg on the bank today,I think they are confused.
I fear wildfires when it gets this bad. We need prayers for Rain!