Last week-ish we excavated this original stone guttering from beneath six inches of muck (I mean, very rich soil).
And on Friday the Weather Channel tested it for us.**
In the interim I cleaned up most of the tree limbs that scattered the place, and constructed a woodpile, with a roof to keep the twigs dry. (Which, as you can see, worked a treat.)
Because the rain came down so hard and for so long the house leaked. We had water coming through the ceiling in the laundry, and around the window-frames in the lounge-room (a lot) and bedroom (a little). We also had a sick puppy who we couldn't put out in case he was washed away in the flood. (He got wet enough watching us clear gutters, sweep away rising flood-waters etc etc.) By the time we had finished cleaning up the mess both Ted and the storm had made the house was wet all over.
The only way to dry out the house was to fire up the Coonara (wood heater) and burn through about half of the wood in the second picture. After two days everything was dry: the carpet, our sodden clothes and the dozen soaked towels. And Ted is feeling much better!
**Clearly, the Weather Channel are behind the outrageous weather, they are creating floods and cyclones as a ratings ploy. If you'd seen The Avengers (1998) you'd know what I am on about. (I keep having images flash through my mind of Sean Connery as Sir Augustus de Wynter stomping through the halls of Westminster declaiming to the assembled world leaders "Now is the Winter of Your Discontent" and "You will buy your weather from me! And by God you’ll pay for it!" Much more pleasant than images of Sean Connery as Zed in Zardoz (1974) flashing through your mind.)
Ah, poor Ted!
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