Rain, Sump Pump, & Meek's Cutoff May 19, 2022

Flooded basement of our home in Chaumont, NY. House is at least 120 years old with a less than ideal limestone foundation. 

 

Yesterday and today we had plenty of heavy rain. This evening, around 6:00 discovered the basement was flooding with about a foot of water and more flowing in. The sump pump is quite old, at least 10 years, maybe as many as 15 years of service. Recently the switch was sticking. I bought  new pump a few weeks ago. I figured it failed. I quickly replaced the old with the new, plugged it in and it wouldn't go. I fiddled around and it started up. 18 minutes later it quit. The electric outlet had no power. Maybe a breaker tripped. I got and extension cord and plugged it into different outlet. It ran for 10 minutes and stopped. I checked the cords, connections, gave something a wiggle and it started up. Worked fine and pumped all the water out in less than an hour. I'll troubleshoot the electric problem tomorrow.

Earlier today I put some blinds on windows in one of our clay street apartments that I just leased to a young yesterday. She is a 27 year old Certified Nurse Assistant and seems to be very nice. The blinds are cordless, cost $18 and change at Home Depot.

I then went to bank and also bought some flower and cucumber plants at Seaway Gardens Watertown. 

Dropped in on my Celebrity Brother for a quick 20 minute visit.

Finished the evening off watch a 2010 western movie titled Meek"s Crossing. About some settlers getting lost crossing a desert in Oregon in 1845. 

One of the new blinds I installed today on apartment No.3, Clay St., Watertown, NY. 

A frustrating day: Flooded basement and other things Friday March 15, 2015

So I got up and did an hour or so f guitar practice. went to pour some coffee and checked the basement o our house. It was flooded. A foot of water. First thought was the sump pump quit. But no, discovered some sort of blockage in the discharge line. I doubt it's frozen because that hasn't happened in many years. (well, a small freeze once this winter that was minor, insignificant. More on that another time.)
So, I went to Lowe's bought some hose to connect to the pump and run it out through the back shed to the outdoors. All told dropped a $120.00. Temporary fix.
Had to go find dates of my grandparents deaths  to satisfy surrogate court in the settlement of my mother's estate. That too was frustrating and I learned about how screwed up vital records are kept in the state. A subject for another blog.
Meanwhile I needed to shop for party supplies, food & drink for the opening of a photography exhibit featuring my work at Eye Crave in downtown Watertown. That takes place tomorrow, 4-7:00. Computer at the wine store was down and created a big headache trying to pay and check out. I want to put down the details but It will take much more time than I want to give right now. It's 18:45 and I'm tired. Extra tired actually as I'm still adjusting to the time change.