drove down 35 from Ames this morning to drop the oldest off with grandma. guys were out kayaking through Otter Creek while others were still golfing.
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drove down 35 from Ames this morning to drop the oldest off with grandma. guys were out kayaking through Otter Creek while others were still golfing.
Just finished a good podcast series about that (that flood, not the camp specifically) if it is of interest. It's called "Where The River Took Us."
Didn't have water the in basement this morning when I got up, but I just went down to get something from my office and sure enough we have wet carpet now. **** ME
Makes no sense that 9 hours later I now have water.
Makes no sense that 9 hours later I now have water.
Grounds are very saturated. My sump pump is still running
Channel 13 saying another 2 inches tonight for the same areas
The worst. Is the water table so high that water is coming in through the basement walls?
I think it's coming where the walls meet the floor.
But that's the thing that's baffling. The basement floor is approx. 20' above the lower pond, so we are up high. Everything slopes away from the front (west) of the house down to the lower pond. Everything slopes from the back (east) of the house to a valley that runs downhill to the upper pond. A three season room sits on the north site keeping that side of the foundation from getting saturated. The south side is a gravel driveway that slopes away from the house.
We haven't had any issues since building the 3 season room because that was the side that would get really saturated right next to the foundation.
That's definitely a possibility. In order for the drainage tile around your house to function at its best it has to have some air in the lines--think pouring gas out of a can without venting it. When the ground gets overly saturated the tile will work as intended just not as efficiently as when it is not put to it's limits, and the water it is trying to remove is seeking its easiest path which may be the seem between the footings and the walls. Under normal conditions the system may not be working to its fullest but adequately enough as to not cause any problems
