At Birch Street HQ we ended up with a bit of a flood in our basement after our sump pump quit Saturday night. No disaster - just waterlogged rugs and some other wet things that needed to be dried out or pitched. But it made for a scramble late Saturday night to rescue various odd items from the inch or two of water on the floor - and to find a plumber who could pump it out in the middle of the night (luckily we did). Then most of Sunday was spent cleaning up.
There was a lot of street flooding around our town - including the closing of portions of busy Route 22. This photo from a local web site, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Patch, shows the westbound lanes of Route 22 submerged while eastbound traffic splashes by.
Got a storm story? Share it!Brien wrote on Monday morning:
Most of the aluminum siding on the windward side of my apartment building got ripped off by the wind and sailed off or crumpled up. A lot of places are without power in Westchester, but I have power luckily, as do Mom and Dad and Kevin and his family.
Shanna wrote on Monday afternoon:
We were fine over here, just a huge tree branch falling in the yard. However a few minutes away in Eastchester, one of my best friends didn't have it so easy. Half of the roof blew off their house and they now are in the process of completely taking down every wall and floor because of the amount of water that they got inside.
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We were fine over here, just a huge tree branch falling in the yard.
ReplyDeleteHowever a few min way in Eastchester, one of my best friends didn't have it so easy. Half of the roof blew off their house and they now are in the process of completely taking down every wall and floor because of the amount of water that they got inside.