On top of the 2' of snow we had, it started to rain....and rain...and rain....then the way the city kind-of plowed us, they made a snow funnel and all the runoff water came right into our driveway. We found this out b/c we were headed out to check on the creek and city dam since both are in poor condition. As we headed to the garage, we saw rolling waves as our garage was being flooded. So we high tailed out the front door and found the following pictures. As usual, the pictures does not do this justice, but at least gives you the idea.
The pic above is out our front door and the pic below is at the end of our driveway. Clif was standing in the high part of the driveway when I got this pic.
So now what?? We called the city and they were unable to move our snow dam that they created. So Clif made a trench so some of the water could escape. I made another snow dam on the high end of the driveway/street to stop the street river from entering our driveway. Then we started to shovel the water off the driveway. The pic below shows our friend we called and his son had this tractor. So he came over in the pouring rain and moved all the snow from our house and both neighbors. He then pushed it all down a few house and down in the intersection was a small ocean. When he was done, we took another 30 minutes to fine tune the slop slush so it wouldn't back up again. We were drenched head to toe. Luckily the rain turned to snow again. Then we got another 1.5 feet of snow overnight.
This is this morning after shoveling....looking out the front door.
Back yard
The pic above is out our front door and the pic below is at the end of our driveway. Clif was standing in the high part of the driveway when I got this pic.
So now what?? We called the city and they were unable to move our snow dam that they created. So Clif made a trench so some of the water could escape. I made another snow dam on the high end of the driveway/street to stop the street river from entering our driveway. Then we started to shovel the water off the driveway. The pic below shows our friend we called and his son had this tractor. So he came over in the pouring rain and moved all the snow from our house and both neighbors. He then pushed it all down a few house and down in the intersection was a small ocean. When he was done, we took another 30 minutes to fine tune the slop slush so it wouldn't back up again. We were drenched head to toe. Luckily the rain turned to snow again. Then we got another 1.5 feet of snow overnight.
This is this morning after shoveling....looking out the front door.
Back yard
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