Drought Water Damage

Down here in South Texas, we are in the midst of a devastating drought. The lakes are down tremendously, in some cases, lower than the entire recorded history. Wild fires have been burning somewhere in my state for more than 200 consecutive days and we have a flood in our lake house.

The pest control serviceman called yesterday to report water flowing from the back door as he prepared to enter. It appears there was a catastrophic water line burst inside the wall in the center of the house. The worst thing about that (so far) is that since is began in the center, the entire house is has at least an inch of water standing in it. Great.

My husband and I can't seem to get the inspiration to actually drive the two hours to see it just yet. It's depressing. We have the insurance people, the master plumber, the water extraction people and a neighbor on it. I don't want to see it. I don't want to see my favorite rug all nasty and soaked. I will cry if I have to see the two gorgeous chairs I just had redone in the cutest tropical fabric.

The Blackmon Mooring guy seems to think the whole house will have to be gutted.

Don't get me wrong, we were contemplating a remodel, but this isn't what we had in mind.

Sigh. At least the parched grass around the house got watered...