When I left for work, I knew we were having torrential downpour.
- My desk is by the windows, so I knew the rain had not lessened up at all throughout the day.
When I left work, I knew I was driving through some pretty deep puddles. Even with knowing all of this, it did not prepare me for what was about to greet me. There were no words that could have prepared me. I had lived in my house for almost 5 years, and we had never had this much rain during that time. When I parked my car in front of the house, I was shocked. The water was so high that it was covering the air conditioning unit and nearly coming into the main floor of the house. The river was overflowing, and I felt like I was on a houseboat instead of in my home. I didn’t know what I was going to do if my air conditioning unit was underwater. I couldn’t have air conditioning in the house, and I was even afraid to use my electric. All I can imagine was everyone in my home being electrocuted when I turn on a light. I called the HVAC company and asked if that amount of water was going to do damage to my AC unit, and he told me he didn’t think it would. Once the water receded, all I had to do was call the HVAC company and someone would come out to inspect the air conditioner for me. In the meantime, I told my kids to grab some personal items, and we headed to a hotel. I would not go without air or lights and neither did my kids.