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I run from the floods but they come to me

BY: @gwajnberg | CREATED: June 3, 2026, 9:43 p.m. | VOTES: 517 | PAYOUT: $7.24 | [ VOTE ]

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  Life loves to give us some challenges. I ran from Rio and its speed thunderstorms with flash floods to a place where my biggest concern would be just snow. But I was wrong. We had non-stop rains from Saturday until yesterday. But everything was just normal until Monday night. I worst fear became reality. For some reason was fearing that to happen. When I got home in that afternoon, I went to the basement to do a quick check after seeing the downspout discharging tons of water, like a waterfall.

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The summary of the night: the carpet cleaner, a broom, and the drain.

  That time the basement was dry as always. Went to bed... I was almost asleep around 12 AM. I got scared with the alarm system in my house... "Water Flood alarm". The system has smoke, door movement and glass-break alarms, and also a detector in the basement for flooding. I went there to check and the region near the hot water tank was with 1-2 inches of water. My wife also came and we started to try to pour water with broom to the drain, but the water continued to come. I also used the carpet vacuum cleaner; I was pouring buckets and buckets of water through the drain in the basement's washroom.

  We removed everything from that place to try to save it, luggages with our winter clothes, and other things that we store there. Under the stairs that go to the main floor, there was also some water and we finally discovered what the biggest problem was. We have this device installed in the house that I only knew existed when I got the information about the house, called a sump pump. It was unplugged. Not sure who did that. After being plugged in, it started to pump water outside.

  So bad that we didn't know about that; we never had this type of system in our house. Probably, if it was plugged we wouldn't have this flooding problem. But at least we fixed the problem. The next day the floor was mostly dry but we still have some moisture in the air. So today I bought a dehumidifier, which I need to turn on before I get my house with mould. The water tank pilot is working well despite temporarily losing its flame. So hopefully everything will come back to normal soon. I went to sleep at 3 AM that night; my Tuesday was terrible with the lack of sleep but I started to have some relief.

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The famous sum pump finally plugged, the saviour of the night.

  So I ran from flooded streets to get my basement flooded in here! The world is so weird sometimes. But I learned a lot about my own house at least. Even being a object we still have so much to learn about it.

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 A vida adora nos apresentar desafios. Eu fugi do Rio e de suas tempestades rápidas com enchentes repentinas para um lugar onde minha maior preocupação seria apenas neve. Mas eu estava enganada. Tivemos chuvas ininterruptas de sábado até ontem. Mas tudo estava normal até segunda à noite. Meu pior medo se tornou realidade. Por algum motivo, eu temia que isso acontecesse. Quando cheguei em casa naquela tarde, fui ao porão para dar uma olhada rápida depois de ver a calha despejando toneladas de água, como uma cachoeira.

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Resumo da noite: o limpador de carpetes, uma vassoura e o ralo.

  Naquela hora, o porão estava seco como sempre. Fui dormir... Eu estava quase dormindo por volta da meia-noite. Me assustei com o sistema de alarme da minha casa... "Alarme de Inundação". O sistema tem alarmes de fumaça, movimento de porta e quebra de vidro, além de um detector de inundação no porão. Fui lá verificar e a área perto do aquecedor de água estava com 2,5 a 5 centímetros de água. Minha esposa também veio e começamos a tentar jogar água no ralo com uma vassoura, mas a água continuava a jorrar. Também usei o aspirador de pó para carpetes; despejei baldes e baldes de água pelo ralo do banheiro do porão.

 Retiramos tudo daquele lugar para tentar salvar, malas com nossas roupas de inverno e outras coisas que guardamos lá. Debaixo da escada que leva ao andar principal também havia água e finalmente descobrimos qual era o maior problema. Temos um dispositivo instalado na casa que eu só descobri que existia quando recebi as informações sobre a casa, chamado bomba de recalque. Estava desconectado. Não sei quem fez isso. Depois de ser conectado, começou a bombear água para fora.

 Que horror que não sabíamos disso; nunca tivemos esse tipo de sistema em casa. Provavelmente, se estivesse desligado, não teríamos esse problema de inundação. Mas pelo menos resolvemos o problema. No dia seguinte, o chão estava quase seco, mas ainda havia um pouco de umidade no ar. Então, hoje comprei um desumidificador, que preciso ligar antes que minha casa fique mofada. O piloto do reservatório de água está funcionando bem, apesar de ter perdido a chama temporariamente. Então, espero que tudo volte ao normal em breve. Fui dormir às 3 da manhã naquela noite. Minha terça-feira foi terrível por causa da falta de sono, mas comecei a sentir algum alívio.

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A famosa bomba de drenagem finalmente parou de funcionar, a salvadora da noite.

  Então eu corri das ruas alagadas para acabar com meu porão alagado aqui dentro! O mundo é tão estranho às vezes. Mas pelo menos aprendi muito sobre a minha própria casa. Mesmo sendo um objeto, ainda temos muito a aprender sobre ela.

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@seckorama | June 3, 2026, 10:06 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]
@davideownzall | June 4, 2026, 5:02 a.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Yep there are pumps starting to get in action when there's a flood, pumping out water... That's why I don't want a house with a basement btw 😄

@gwajnberg | June 4, 2026, 9 p.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

here is very common ! and also the international student is there so it is a way to get some extra pennies!

@davideownzall | June 4, 2026, 9:31 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

More work force for you🤣😂

@sarahbaby | June 4, 2026, 7:30 a.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Thank goodness the flood alarm worked as it was supposed to. Waking up to find 1–2 inches of water in the basement would have been very distructive. hope you were able to find the source of the leak and prevent any further occurrence. So sorry about the stress it must have caused you and wify.

@gwajnberg | June 4, 2026, 9:01 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

thanks... yes it is tough for sure but I think we solved everything it could be really worse the results!!!

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