Suck up the water. Dump the tank. Sit down. Set a timer for 8 minutes. Timer goes off. Back up to suck up the water... Yes. Every 8 minutes. It was coming in that fast but at least it was manageable. There have been several times that were MUCH worse. (One time there was water literally shooting out of a crack in the wall like a geyser and there was a river flowing out of the laundry room faster than 2 shop vacs could suck it up.)

Repeat over & over & over & over & over....

By the time it slowed down enough for me to walk away (and just let it seap for awhile to be dealt with later), I was so tired that I was pretty much incoherent. I vaguely remember staggering upstairs & stripping and falling into bed.

Sadly, I was back up within 2 hours to go back down & do another pass with the shop vac. Repeated that several more times throughout the day.

I'm kinda afraid to go down there now & see if more came in overnight.... It snowed off & on all day yesterday.

Gotta clean house FAST this morning. John has an old friend coming by this afternoon. She's never been to our house & between the flood, a slight skunky smell still around from Sebastian's encounter, and all the mud from dog feet, IT'S A MESS!!!!!!!

And we'll be out before daylight tomorrow heading to Lex to meet with the new oncologist's palliative care team to try to get John some relief. I suspect a referral to hospice may also be coming....