August was incredibly dry for us here in Falls Church. The only rain we’ve had in more than a month has been from tropical storm Fay and then on Saturday, Hannah. Hannah may have been a bit too much of a good thing, however. That was more than six inches of rain in six hours–my rain gauge filled up to overflowing so I don’t know exactly how much more.
We got through the day on Saturday with a few minor drips in the sun room from around our chimney flashing and were counting ourselves lucky. But all too soon. Sunday morning I stepped off the last step downstairs and the carpet was distinctly damp. Oh no, not again!
So we’re back on the all-too-familiar fan and dehumidifier drill, with the carpet pulled up at the edge. The good news is it wasn’t nearly as bad as the last flood in 2006 when we had 13 inches. Just a bit of seepage under the front wall of the house, so I think the new stone work outside helped. We’ve been through this before and the carpet is drying pretty quickly, so I guess we’ll live. But it’s a major pain in the patooty, nevertheless.
