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Weather Calamaties

What does it take for me to not watch NASCAR qualifying?

A flood.

A flood that obliterates a guy's yard (house is adjacent to my apartment complex), has people being rescued from their cars (water up to the wheel well), has a small river just off my patio, and apparently, while no one could get out, flooded K&W Cafeteria to the point that they had to rescue people.

The real fun?

I went early to my mother's store this morning, and yep, major weather damage. Puddles in the floor, leaks on the ceiling, and buckling ceiling tiles. Whee!

And her landlord is out of town.

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Ah, the random Russian journal that friended me for maybe a few hours has defriended me already? (I was wondering when they'd realize they probably had the wrong person.)

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I now know that I will need a 20' x 30' tarp and how much said tarp costs at Lowe's. Unfortunately, I don't have the means of getting on the roof (yet) and I haven't figured out how to hold down the tarp (cinderblock walls mean a staplegun is out, the layout of the roof indicates bricks will probably get knocked off pretty quickly). I have moved all the product from the wall that had water gushing down it and have repositioned things under the major leak. Pictures have been taken of damage for insurance purposes (if it's needed).

And the landlord still hasn't called me back. *sigh*

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It feels like it should be time to close the store. All because I got here early to assess damage.

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My grandparents happened to be going home during the worst of the weather last night. My grandmother kept begging my grandfather to pull off the road into someone's driveway (like every other car on the road was doing), but he insisted on plugging away. Which is how he ended up running into a tree. Luckily it was one that had fallen across the road, and the very tippy top was in his lane, so there wasn't any damage done to the car. But still. He just HAD to be macho. *sigh*