# Dear Monsoon Outside **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 9, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889 "2009-08-09T20:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![buffalo\_vr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@buffalo\_vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalo_vr4)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/21 "2009-08-10T07:18:20Z")
free car wash. cant complain. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/22 "2009-08-10T07:20:45Z")
got a phone call at 4am this morning at my house, my dad left and was on his way to lake rushford, ny. apparently they possibly had a tornado there, on top of that, all the run off water goes through the creak we have our cottage on, my dad had to go throw some more ropes around it, people have lost there boats already, some docks, also friends of mine have there jetski’s off there docks and on rocks and probably soon to be land when the water goes down, since they are still hooked up. there boat is under a bridge right now, bashing up and down against the bridge and the rocks under the bridge, few other friends have lost there boats and some demolished apparently. though something was wrong with a family member getting this call this early. fucking weather! ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/23 "2009-08-10T07:25:42Z")
> [@buffalo\_vr4](#): > > free car wash. cant complain. Aparently it didnt rain hard enough. I still have lipstick on my window ☹ ---
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/24 "2009-08-10T07:37:13Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > living on a hill is nice. agreed. everyone around me is flooded :mamoru: ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/25 "2009-08-10T07:42:57Z")
well…the storms are nice unless you live in Gowanda. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/26 "2009-08-10T07:43:02Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > Earlier in the week I spent 6 hours brushing drylok on my house foundation. > > So it starts raining really hard, I’m in the one room of my basement checking for water. Nothing. > > Great, its working. > > Then I walk over to where my floor drain is, water is shooting up it like a water cannon, and flooding the entire basement. > > The town storm sewer couldn’t keep up with the volume of water, so it started backing up into the basement. > > About 10 minutes later the problem solved itself when the water started reversing… > > I fucking hate this town… My basement did this exact thing for the second time ever. How fucking annoying. Now serv-pro has to come in and clean my basement AGAIN! ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/27 "2009-08-10T07:44:05Z")
my auxilary sump pump kicked on for only the second time ever, but my basement is bone dry 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/28 "2009-08-10T07:52:24Z")
I prolly should have checked ours last night… ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/29 "2009-08-10T08:04:05Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > well…the storms are nice unless you live in Gowanda. or you have a boat on a canal that is getting very very fast currents. hope my boat is still at my dock! feel bad for my buddies family having there very nice dual engine yamaha jetboat sitting under a bridge getting destroyed. ---
**Author:** ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/30 "2009-08-10T08:17:24Z")
I was gonna fill my pool up more- no need now ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/31 "2009-08-10T08:20:36Z")
Hmm, I wonder if my drain tile overflowed last night. Never even looked in the basement… ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/32 "2009-08-10T08:22:02Z")
Coincidentally I had a pile of about 100 dirty towels on the basement floor waiting to be washed, right near the sump pump. If my basement would have flooded, I’d have been saved by laundry laziness. :tup: :roflpicard: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/33 "2009-08-10T08:39:42Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > Then I walk over to where my floor drain is, water is shooting up it like a water cannon, and flooding the entire basement. > > The town storm sewer couldn’t keep up with the volume of water, so it started backing up into the basement. > [@tpgsr](#): > > My basement did this exact thing for the second time ever. How fucking annoying. Now serv-pro has to come in and clean my basement AGAIN! You guys know they make check valves for this very purpose right? They’re not cheap to have installed but if it’s a common occurrence they’re well worth it. Basically the water can only flow one way, so when the town system starts backing up it can’t flow back into your house. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/34 "2009-08-10T08:46:01Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > i think a waterfall with no water is considered just a “cliff”. That’s likely what you’ll see. I’m not a waterfallologist however, so that is just my guess. Perhaps, but it might look different. I wanna see. > The remains of the previous falls, which rivaled Niagara Falls in grandeur, can be seen along the escarpment. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/35 "2009-08-10T08:52:20Z")
phone lines and T1 out at work, fucking every time it rains, i think south buffalo’s copper lines are fully exposed to the elements. ---
**Author:** ![AJC2500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ajc2500/32/4965_2.png) [@AJC2500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AJC2500)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/36 "2009-08-10T09:02:57Z")
> [@bigwoode](#): > > Rollerbladed to and from a party tonight in this shit, being wasted helped to shadow the downpour on the way home people still rollerblade as a form of transportation? And on a serious note, last night resulted in some of the most ridiculous lighting I’ve ever seen. I would see one main bolt, and then it would snake across the entire viewable sky for a good 5-10 seconds. Then it would thunder for a good 20-30 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/37 "2009-08-10T09:22:05Z")
> [@chino](#): > > phone lines and T1 out at work, fucking every time it rains, i think south buffalo’s copper lines are fully exposed to the elements. lol right? our T1 was down this morning as well ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/38 "2009-08-10T09:27:08Z")
> [@AJC2500](#): > > people still rollerblade as a form of transportation? > > And on a serious note, last night resulted in some of the most ridiculous lighting I’ve ever seen. I would see one main bolt, and then it would snake across the entire viewable sky for a good 5-10 seconds. Then it would thunder for a good 20-30 seconds. better than driving drunk. props to you bigwoode! as for the lightning, crazy! this reminded me of the time i was in florida, they have some crazy lightning storms down there, but man, flash after flash after flash in lancaster last night and new stead. ---
**Author:** ![95dime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95dime/32/7514_2.png) [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/39 "2009-08-10T09:28:30Z")
i had the usual creeks running accross my basement. as for the lightning, anyone see it when it would spider out into multiple bolts at ones? fucking wild… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889/40 "2009-08-10T09:55:14Z")
storm was pretty crazy out here too. Crazy lightning, and taking the girlfriend home into livingston county was even worse. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dear-monsoon-outside/71889.md?page=3)