Update on the Deluge (just in case anybody's been worried)

Well, when I left home last night around 7-ish to go play Torg, my bottom step was completely submerged, which was, to say the least, alarming. There were also a number of emergency-type vehicles making a half-hearted attempt to block off my street, and a couple of guys situated pretty much directly across from my house with what appeared to be an extra-large sized Shop-Vac, so at least somebody was doing something. I was still a little nervous as to what I'd find when I got home late last night, but the water was back down to 3 or 4 inches and I could actually find a halfway dry place to park, so at least whatever they were doing seemed to have some effect.

At this point, the flood waters are definitely receding. I can see large swaths of mud where there used to be water. Unfortunately, my front yard (which, as far as I can tell is quite probably the lowest spot in the trailer park) is still underwater, almost up to the lower step.

The ceiling, which continued leaking for an amazingly long time after the rain actually stopped, is now mostly dry, except that those aforementioned blood-oozing blisters are still oozing. Fortunately, those are over the kitchen, so I can wipe the stuff off the floor easily enough when it drips. I just really hope that red stuff isn't anything important. Or toxic.

Other than that, I don't seem to have had any real damage, mericifully. Some of my books did get a little bit wet, which, as you can imagine, really pisses me off, but they're not too bad, and I think they'll be OK. They were sitting pretty much underneath the opening for the swamp cooler, which, like everything else, leaked during the storm. I'll let you know how the outside of the trailer is doing when I can see it again, but I'm afraid that might be a while... At least today is looking to be pretty sunny. So far.