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tophatne1:

We got hit hard with that ice storm here in Schenectady,NY. the power was out for over 4 days at our house.
The power outage wouldn't have been so bad in itself but the sub pump eventually ran out of back up power and the basement flooded.

Luckily I notice it quick enough to get thing up off the floor. My Mame cab that I've been working on since March 2005 barely escaped being soaked.



ghettodish:

Woot! TopHat saves!!

tophatne1:

Boy...that head tattoo in your avatar is something else.

cmoses:


--- Quote from: tophatne1 on December 17, 2008, 10:53:47 pm ---We got hit hard with that ice storm here in Schenectady,NY. the power was out for over 4 days at our house.
The power outage wouldn't have been so bad in itself but the sub pump eventually ran out of back up power and the basement flooded.

Luckily I notice it quick enough to get thing up off the floor. My Mame cab that I've been working on since March 2005 barely escaped being soaked.


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So is your basement built below the water level of the local river/lake/ocean?  Seems like that would be a problem?

RayB:

High water table makes it hard for water to drain away quick enough, so they build a "sump pit" where water gather in, and the SUMP pump pumps it out into the sewer line.


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