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Our basement flooded due to something horrible happening to our water heater. We were in the basement on Sunday, noticed nothing bad. Tuesday morning, right before I left for work, I went down there to scoop the cat's litter box and quickly realized that my socks had become wet. I looked around and saw that the carpet was completely soaked and in many places there was about an inch of standing water.

Needless to say, I got that horrible panicky sinking-feeling. I went back upstairs to the bedroom to remove my wet socks and change into some shorts so my pants cuffs wouldn't get soaked from the water. I let Anna know of my discovery and we both went back to the basement to inspect everything. The utility half of the basement which covers 2 rooms was all wet. It took us a little bit to figure out that it had come from the water heater. I noticed that the water on the carpet was warm near the water heater and we saw some drips coming off the bottom.

We also saw evidence of water that had come from the top of the unit as well. We tried towelling up some of the standing water near the washing machine and quickly realized that it was an act of futility. I got through to my insurance company for advice and they recommended a company they have worked with before that could help us. I got them on the line and they were out within a few hours to inspect the situation.

They brought their equipment in to suck up the standing water and a lot of it from the carpet. They then set up 2 giant industrial dehumidifiers and something like 9 giant fans to dry everything out. They said with the amount of amperage all the equipment requires, it is maxing out our house's electrical system. Ideally, they said they would have preferred to put in a couple more fans to help dry everything, but had to make due.

That was all on Tuesday. Today is Friday, and today they removed 4 of the fans and we should be good to go tomorrow for the rest of the equipment to be removed. We also had to have a new water heater installed on Tuesday which went great. I called my dad to get a recommendation on a plumber and he referred me to a guy he'd done business with several times in the past. Real nice guy and we were very pleased with his work.

The thing that frustrated me the most about the whole ordeal is about a month ago when we got our tax refund, we made a very large payment on a couple of our credit cards. Being how this event that happened in my basement was expensive, I didn't exactly have the necessary funds in my bank account so I had to charge it all to my credit card. It was almost exactly the amount we had paid off just a month ago.

Just my luck, Murphy's Law, that's how it goes, ain't that the shits, could be worse, at least you have your health, happens to all homeowners, and that's life. They are all true statements but damn if I wasn't quite upset at having our debt progress wiped out by a faulty water heater. At least I helped out the local economy in my own little way.