Our burst pool
The pool from our downstairs living room.
On Saturday morning, our above/below ground pool burst. It was not too much of a surprise since we had seen a bulge on the side a week earlier. We had shown our owner (we are renting) and she didn't seem too worried. The last four nights we had major rain storms at night and that should have been a warning!
Josh, Elizabeth and Declan were home at the time. I had taken the 3 boys to Deseret Book to buy scriptures for Seminary. We were so glad no one was swimming at the time since they usually would have been. Josh heard a big whoosing sound and saw water whoosing down the stairs.
He went outside and put plastic wrap on the outside of the door to prevent it from coming in. Elizabeth got towels and began soaking everything up. It worked pretty good and the water reached only about 6 x 10 ft of the floor inside. It rushed around both side of the house and into the street and into our garage where our boxes of books and memorabilia were. An above ground pool has 10,000 gallons of water!
Declan was scared and crying and Josh called me at the store. We quickly made it home, stopping at the store for a wet vac (we still hadn't bought one before). I was kind of in shock. But I've accepted it well. I'm grateful no one got hurt in the pool while we had it- I had started to get a little lax with it just being right there. I'm grateful not too many things got damaged- just a few baby books :( and some school art work. Plus, no one got hurt!
Life is good. Things work out for our benefit. I hope we find another home with a pool one day.
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