Our condo complex had a huge flood on the weekend. Someone on the 5th (top floor) got really drunk and smashed their toilet. It flooded their apartment, and then the one below.. and the one below that... and the one below that.. and so on. It flooded for three hours before someone went up, knocked on the door, turned the water off and left. It was pouring out the side of the building, creeping into our apartment on the 2nd floor. We only noticed because Knox slipped in a huge puddle of water, and we thought it was us leaking from the dishwasher, then realized it was coming from the wall.
Anyway, the fire department came, the police, and an ambulance to take Drunkey McDrunkerson away. Many apartments were completely destroyed, ceiling falling down...walls...everything. Externally ours wasn't too bad, but internally seems to be another story. The walls were saturated, so we have had a monster industrial dehumidifier and fans in the house for 3 days now.
They are loud.
They are irritating.
They just sit there and taunt the children... touch me.. they say...adjust my settings, throw random objects into my moving parts, unplug me..
It hasn't been fun.
The insurance adjuster came today, and he pointed out that the ceiling is rippling- which may mean more damage than the Disaster Response Team had initially noticed. Our building maintenance guy is coming back this afternoon with the DR team to see if the fans can come out. I sure hope they can...the noise.. the noise is making me feel insane. Eve covers her ears when we are near them. We've basically been staying in the master bedroom because the noise/temptation of the fans has been too much. They mentioned there will be restorative work that is needed. I can't even think about the disruption of tearing down walls. *shudder*
And that is our latest update!
P.S. Cheese tastes weird here... it's different. Same with butter. We have to be careful to buy hormone-free cheese here, which isn't an issue at home (Go Canada). But it still tastes different.
I miss you cheese..Natrel Lactose Free Milk, Presidents Choice and Liberte Yogurt.
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