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November 4, 2004

Here Comes The Flood

Tuesday morning, we awoke to find a steady stream of yellow-brown water streaming from the ceiling and centimetre of water on the living room floor. There had been an uncharacteristically heavy storm the night before, and water had pooled onto the roof, and leaked though the ceiling. After half and hour we had the leaks contained in bowls and the kitchen trash can, and had soaked up most of the water with towels. T and I both called work to say we weren't coming in, and began bailing out the apartment.

The only thing that was damaged was a laptop, which the night before had been placed exactly under where a stream of water would appear. It's in the shop and expected to make a full recovery.

After talking to the building manager and a roofer, we found the culprit: the building's flat roof has drains that funnel water off the roof and onto the ground. The drains above my apartment had been clogged up. Clogged with what, you ask? Not leaves, or debris, or dead squirrels, or anything you'd expect to find in eaves. No, these drains were clogged up with... Wiffle balls!

I wonder if the building's insurance's All Peril clause covers wiffle ball damage.

07:40 | Stuff

Comments

This apartment is junk...I'm moving out.

Posted by: Teresa at November 4, 2004 12:16 PM

I'm with you, sister!

I hope the laptop repair cost is being covered by your building manager.

Posted by: Dav at November 4, 2004 1:28 PM

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