The warnings continue. Water is about 1.5" in the basement. I haven't run the pump yet. I have a stone foundation so what runs in, runs out naturally - no drain. The map shows dry to the south for a couple hundred miles. So hopefully, as far as my basement is concerned, things should start to dry out. Forecast was for the pattern to move to the east starting around midnight last night. They seem to have been a bit off in their timing.
So, how much rain did we get here? I put a bag in this Tidy Cat liter container and use it when picking up dog poop. As you can see, it's nearly full. figure half of that is from torrential downpours splashing in. I'd say, locally at least, a good estimate would be between 7 - 8 inches of rain.
And I just checked, the water in the basement is already receding, though it is raining... again.
Because I play video games, I bought a gaming chair. Sharp and snazzy, lots of bells and whistles: speakers by the head, vibrations to almost think it's kinky and... it doesn't work.
No sound. The advertising claim that it was wireless is... well, practically fraudulent. What you get are RCA (red and white) audio cables to connect to your gaming consoles. However, newer consoles (those sold since 2015) don't have RCA jacks. This means you need to use an alternative audio source, like your TV. My jacks are on the back of my TV and my TV is mounted on the wall - no go in that department. You can also connect a transmitter to your TV's headphone jack. That doesn't work either, I mean, it lights up, but transmits nothing. So, I tried contacting their customer service - what a joke. I was on their "live chat" for almost an hour and 15 minutes and moved from #2 in the queue to #1. Calling their customer service was courting failure right from the start. You get a 'thank you' message for calling, get transferred to customer service where, after 8 rings, you get another message asking you to either leave a message, call back later, or send an email. I called several times and ran through the same routine every time. I did send them an email. After 10 hours I got a response: "thank you for your email. We are forwarding your email to our customer service department." In the end, I contacted Amazon. They're replacing the chair. Let's hope this one works. The company that sold the chair is Ace Casual Furniture. Buy from them at your own risk. Oh, and they got a really detailed, bad review on Amazon.
Wow, you've gotten a lot of rain! We were under a flash flood watch yesterday, but it never really rained hard. I feel your frustration with the customer service department. I have had the same dealings with the Whirlpool customer service. I am glad though that Amazon replaced the chair.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we did get some rain.
DeleteThat's odd about Whirlpool, their customer service is fairly reliable.
You guys are getting more rain then down here. It have had dark says with intermittent sun, and when it does rain, its hard but only for a half hour or so.my friend in Hershey is screwed.
ReplyDeleteYeah, some sections of Hershey are underwater.
Deleteyikes! that is more rain than we got!
ReplyDeleteHoly Shit, I almost blinded myself. I look out the window and there was... sunshine.
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