I'm here, and we're OK. I live in Marietta near the Cobb/Cherokee County line.
They let us leave work early yesterday, which was a good thing for sure. On my way out of the parking lot, the water came up above my ankles. It was thundering so loudly it was scary, not to mention the lightning. On my way out of the parking lot, I had to drive through standing water that came up about three fourths of the way up my tires.
Fortunately as I drove to my house, the rain slacked off a bit, and I was able to see and avoid the big puddles of standing water. Some crazy person was tailgating me for part of the way for goodness sakes. Sometimes you've got to wonder what people are thinking.
We feel very fortunate that we have only minor water issues at our house. Water is seeping into our basement, but it's only about 1.5 feet in from the wall, so nothing was ruined. We did have to unpack some boxes in the unfinished side of our basement that had gotten water damage, but luckily we got to them in time. We also have a small leak in our laundry room ceiling. The water doesn't drip out, but instead runs down the sheet rock and is making it bubble up. Once the rain stops, we'll have to file a homeowners insurance claim to get that leak fixed and the sheet rock replaced in the laundry room.
Obviously it could be much, much, much worse. We have seen some crazy pictures of things totally submerged under water. Not to mention the horrible stories about people losing their lives. My prayers are with those families.
Robin, I'm glad you're OK and you and Michael were able to get out. Scary!
We are still in court over it. (long story)
Some family members of mine here in Iowa lost their homes last summer when it flooded really bad. It's awful that there's not much you can do but sit and wait for it to be over. At work, we put all our computers and chairs, etc. up on top of our desks to keep them dry in case the water made it to our office. We were 2 blocks away from the river that was flooding, but it wasn't supposed to flood bad enough to reach us. We found out that putting computers and file cabinets 3 feet off the ground doesn't help much when you get 8 feet of water in your building.
We, thank God, are covered, so we are more inconvenienced than devastated. Their people in my neighborhood that are way worse off, keep us in your prayers.
