Last Wednesday - Canada Day - we had a lot of rain here in Ottawa.
My son took these pictures when he got off the bus after work, to walk home...
Then he saw security tape - the ceiling in a nearby passageway was already coming down!
As the song goes: "The rains came down and the floods came up..." in a large number of buildings - homes and public places, like our local library.
We had a flooded basement, and have been cleaning up ever since... Eight or more homes in our block have water in their basements. Some also have no hot water or AC. Fortunately we have both.
At our end of the street, people have been very kind.
When the time came to open our freezer - which Terry had unplugged when the water was rising - our neighbours Mary and Earl found room in their freezer for the things that we couldn't fit into our fridge.
Another neighbour offered us a pump to help remove the water that was covering the basement floor. (We had two pumps of our own, but a third made a big difference.)
Our older son took 2 days off work to help us move things out of the basement. Our younger son brought over 2 dehumidifiers to help dry the carpet and floor.
When it is all over - and the cleanup done - I hope that these kindnesses will be what we remember most.
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