30/06/2021
SO there were a bunch of major TStorms and Tornados that came thru the area last week.... we didnt get hit by a tornado, but the sumppump and the backup pump BOTH died the same night.
As many of you know, the rodentry is in the basement, along with pantry in the shelter area with human food and petfood etc - as basements are the safeest plaes to go in tornados, so only have to tell the dogs to go downstairs and not worry about getting everyone else downstairs in the few seconds you might have on spotting a funnel cloud or hearing sirens.
Yes the CRITTERS ARE ALL OK and staying upstairs. But my rodentry-office was in a room in the basement- I kept all my important stuff on high up shelves.... but one decided to pull loose from the wall, spilling everying into the water and knocking over another shelf.... Domino effect.... all my books and magazines are underwater and I cant get to them because wood etc is on top and there is about 3 ft water now there.... This included stuff like club magazines, some going back to the 80's, including AFRMA, NFRS, RMCA, RMFE, ARBA, ACBA, adoption/purchase records, research notes/journals, books ranging from generic pet care books (some back from the 30's- interesting to see how pet care advice changed over the decades), science related books (genetics, dissection guides, etc) even a 1st printing of Roy Robinson's Genetics of the Norway Rat and publisher pre-print copies of books I was either interviewed in, or given to write reviews for (In a photo of the way the rodentry USED to look like, there is a bookcase in ne photo that has books to the bottom.... but after we had a SMALL amount of water, which didnt damage those, I moved everything up to top shelves of bookcases (with other heavy items to balance it on the bottom selves) or on shelves screwed to the wall up high to keep them sefe).... also underwater is my Rodentry dedicated laptop, plus the furnace/ac, waterheater, washer and dryer, egg incubators for my poultry, months worth of food for the animals and humans in pantry, handmade toys I used to sell for some extra $ (took a break but was planning to return to it), supplies for making toys, miscellaneous stuff in storage (holiday stuff, paintings, etc)....
I dont know we are going to clean this up... Tams Hemiplegic, fall risk, cant even sit up for long without pain, and has seizures- not safe for them to go down there and get badly injured or drown; My Ehrlos Danlos is becoming severe- i have trouble carrying 1 gallon jugs of water.
I've no idea what to do. Water damage isnt covered- my mother said it wasnt worth it- 'we arent in a flood zone' (but we are built on a drained marsh!?) SHe pretty much handled everything about getting the house etc because the government thinks that being Autistic and being able to do population genetics/statistics in my head = too stupid to handle my own money. And she will no doubt find some way to blame this all on me- because in 40 decades I can count the times she didnt on one hand.
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Below is what the rodentry looked like before the flood....
