After we got back Friday morning, we went inside our condo to check out how things fared. Needless to say, any rugs or carpets we had on the the floor were soaked. So the first thing to do was rolling them up and setting them at the curb. It is surprising how heavy they got LOL.

What is that black stuff on the floor? Is it dirt……is it….POOP?

Let’s get that out of there…..fast!

There is some water still there, luckily, the carpets sucked up most of the water. That wetvac we bought will come in handy. We didn’t have power for anything but Gary bought a generator a few years ago. That will be our only source of power for the next week or so. And us, being the good neighbor that we were, shared our power with whoever needed to charge their phones etc.

Just a little side note to show you how some people came together. Our lawn guy, who lives 1/2 hour from us, came over and gave us a case of water and a 5 gallon tank of gas. Sure, we his paying customer, but what a nice gesture huh? Gives you some faith in the human race after something like that.

So anyway, back to the story. After we got the floors vacuumed, you can see what the water did to the flooring. The funny part was we were looking to replace the flooring last spring but decided to wait. I’m glad we did.

Then it was BearTrax to the rescue. My brother and his wife came down to help and brought supplies: bleach, antiseptic wipes, batteries, flash lights, bottled water, gas, canned food and most importantly, moral support and helping hands

In no time at all we had all the flooring ripped up

After the floors were gone, then we started bleaching and spraying Lysol on everything we owned

We shuffled furniture so often we felt like pros.

Everyday there were these helos flying over several times a day. They were evacuating people that were trapped on the outer islands. I almost felt like I was in a war zone.

At the end of the day, there was always time for some rest, relaxation and a Honey!

My brother and his wife were life savers, but they couldn’t stay forever

There was still plenty of work to be done. Gary washed our storage area from top to bottom

He wore his crocs and ended up getting an infection in his foot. Off to the urgent care for some antibiotics.

Do you see that blue panel? That is from a gas station that is several blocks west of us! Isn’t that something!

I don’t know how well you can see this but just below that blue arrow is brush from all the trees around there. It was well over 6 feet high. The city eventually came with a double truck that had a big claw and picked up all the brush all over the city. It was pretty cool to watch them maneuver thru all the power lines without getting electrocuted.

Then we hired a mold company to come and spray and disinfect everything, the air vents and such. We ended up moving the furniture again and getting it ready while they fumigated the place.

We had to get everything out of the closets and up off the floor for both the fumigating and when the new floor would be laid. The shower and tub held a surprising amount of stuff.

Our friends upstairs were kind enough to let us live in their condo while our place was fumigated

We covered everything with sheets to try to minimize the fur from you know who.

He still managed to find someplace to take a bath.

After all was said and done, we got some really nice flooring

One of many things we need to fix, but baby steps.