Nothing but more rain here. The day before yesterday, my basement flooded -- as did the basements of many others I heard from. So mopping it up took a lot of the day.

The sump pump also needs a new motor, so it was overwhelmed. The landlord's brother came over eventually and began pumping out the water that had filled the sump area, but he needed convincing that the water all over the basement had come from somewhere else -- the side wall. Apparently the french drain system that circles the house couldn't keep up with the storm.

I guess this is how nature intends to help me downsize in order to move out. As you're throwing out old boxes of papers and books that are wet, and you run across boxes of old glassware you're apt to want those gone too. A lot went into the car for Goodwill.