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Sophie Z'OursDear friends,
I finally take a moment to post photos of the flooding we had in our street the 31 may 2008 : a saturday afternoon.
This all began like any stormy rain : very heavy rain with some thunder.
The only different with an usual one is that the rain did not stop after a few mintues but lasted over one hour.
The draining system of the street could not handle it the very quickly, the water began to invade the street.
We did not expect the water to come inside the house at any moment until the water level began to reach the bottom of the doors, and then it was too late. there was nothing we could do but try to save as many things as possible.
In our rush against water, we forgot the cars in the courtyard, like all our neighbours...
Some neighbours called the firemen but they answered there was nothing they could do.
While the water level was getting upper and upper, we were staying at ours windows, talking with our neighbours (of course only after we saved everything we thought about).
The firemen finally arrived at about 6 pm and began evacuating people.
Some neighbours had only one-floor houses and could not think about staying in their own house.
We too left our house, even if we had a second floor (there was over 50 cm high of water in the first floor). we went to Malko's parents house (we ask them to pick us up as both our cars were flooded).
In the end of the afternoon, the water level began very slowly to get lower. It took the whole night to the water to leave.
When we came back the sunday morning, the water was gone and instead we found a very yoke layer of mud everywhere. The firemen were there to help getting rid of the mud and water trapped here and there.
And then began the long work of cleaning, contacting insurances etc.
Our house insurance asked a cleaning society to come to our house and give us some help. The cleaners left us two big deshumidifiers for two weeks plus did some cleaning, of course!
It took us a long time to get all pieces of furnitures cleaned as well as all electrical appliances. malko managed to save most of electrical appliances, but our water tank died.
We lost our sofa (the only piece of furniture we are happy to part with, as it was not comfy at all), plus a few cheap pieces of furnitures made of chipboard.
Our cars are still under reparation.
My cars is having problems with its starter motor, so Malko and his dad will have to fix it when they have a moment. all sits etc are now dry and there is no major problem so far except that starter motor.
Malko's car is waiting to be repared at a garage (his car insurance will pay for repairs). My car insurance did not include natural catastrophs.
Anyway, we are lucky Malko kept his old Citroen Visa car, so I have a car to go to work (better, as my school is 54 km away from my home).
Last friday, Malko and his dad bought a new water tank and installed it, :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: . We will not need to go to our neighbours' anymore to shower.
The houses facing ours :
In our house :
The kitchen:
The living-room :
Inside one of our "pig houses":
The courtyard (see my poor car):
We will cross our fingers for our street not to be flooded anymore.
The last time the street was flooded was in 1961, for a different reason : a dike broke.
We are not supposed to be in a flooding area...
Well, compared to flooding happening in USA, this is almost nothing, but still, not a good time. 
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Past Time BearsAaaaaarrrrgh - Sophie, that is horrendous! I'm glad it's over, except for whatever cleanup is left. Thank goodness for the firemen and insurance. Hope you get a new and comfortable sofa out of this ordeal. All that water looks terrible . . . especially when it's running inside your house! :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
Tuppies TeddiesPoor you Sophie, it must have been a terrible ordeal.
Oh Sophie I am so sorry!!! :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
Jellybelly Bearsaye, aye, aye Sophie!!! Seeing the photos makes it so much more.....ughhh...you poor girl!!! And yet you keep smiling :0) Huggles to you :hug: :hug: :hug:
what a horrible experience. I hope you are soon dry and all can be put back to normal.
Lynette
Oh Sophie, it looks awful!!!! It must have been so much work to get back to normal after all that. Yes fingers crossed for that to not happen again to you.
Pauline
Waggle BearsAaww Sophie, I'm so sorry about your flooding. And just after you moved into your new house and began redecorating. I wouldn't know what to do if that happened. I hope you're able to salvage all the important things like pictures and special mementos. Looks like you've a lot of work ahead of you.
Ruby Mountain BearsThat is just terrible. I hope everything will be straightened out for you quickly. What a mess.
