# Snowpocalypse '14-'15 - Now 13 Deaths **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 17, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107 "2014-11-17T03:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/701 "2014-11-25T07:59:19Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > Flooding… This is why I built my house on a slope without a sump pump. For my house to flood the village of East Aurora would have to be under 200 feet of water. 🙂 Showoff ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/702 "2014-11-25T08:03:40Z")
Live and learn. My first house had a sump pump and my house flooded about 5 times from both pump failure or power outages. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/703 "2014-11-25T08:06:42Z")
Battery Back up with a 2 pump system here. So far so good, but I will probably upgrade the main pump soon. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/704 "2014-11-25T08:39:15Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > Battery Back up with a 2 pump system here. > > So far so good, but I will probably upgrade the main pump soon. Water backups are the optimum backup solution IMO. I plan on installing one when I do my drainage. Or we could all build on the hill and play the game smart like Blue Eyed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/705 "2014-11-25T08:47:50Z")
You get an extra discount on Homeowners insurance if you do have a backup on your sump pump. Make sure you get that credit if have/plan on having one installed. ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/706 "2014-11-25T09:06:09Z")
> [@TradersBASE](#): > > Sounds like we have the same main issue…hydrostatic pressure. I have 2-3 main seeping areas, at the bottom of the wall where the footer meets the slab. One leak is from a crack, so different fix there of course. I’m torn cause an internal footer in a way invites the water into the area. External footer requires a full excavation and I can still picture the water table rising under the slab. Sorry for going OT gents, though it’s sort of related. 😉 Well, now’s the perfect time if I need external drainage, since I have no landscaping except some new stuff in the front that I could still transplant. > [@XwalkerX](#): > > come out west Sak. > > I could see you living out by big bear or Yosemite… Trust me, I’ve thought about it… > [@BOBBYGRV](#): > > You get an extra discount on Homeowners insurance if you do have a backup on your sump pump. Make sure you get that credit if have/plan on having one installed. That was going to be my next purchase, a battery backup in case I lose power when I’m out or sleeping. That was the cause of the last flood, but then I had the drainage pipes snaked out, as they were almost completely blocked with mud. After my disaster of a house in North Collins which for all I know may be flooded/collapsed by now, if this isn’t an easily-fixed problem, I’m 100% having an estate sale and starting over somewhere and renting, possibly out of state. I just have shitty luck with houses. Too bad because I really love this one. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/707 "2014-11-25T09:20:41Z")
I don’t have a sump pump. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/708 "2014-11-25T09:31:10Z")
Does the term “buffalove” drive anyone else up the fucking wall or is that just me? ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/709 "2014-11-25T09:37:08Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > Does the term “buffalove” drive anyone else up the fucking wall or is that just me? ![http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh586/TheDailyLike/costanza-clapping.gif](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/5/c5ec4727831339eb04f2022f2e62f5c48c49ca8f.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/710 "2014-11-25T09:45:13Z")
> [@BOBBYGRV](#): > > You get an extra discount on Homeowners insurance if you do have a backup on your sump pump. Make sure you get that credit if have/plan on having one installed. I should get a discount for having zero sump pumps. 😃 - - - Updated - - - > [@TradersBASE](#): > > Water backups are the optimum backup solution IMO. I plan on installing one when I do my drainage. Or we could all build on the hill and play the game smart like Blue Eyed. 😉 The funny thing is, my old house was on a hill but it had a sump pump!!! The water pumped up then ran down hill. WTF? It was an old house maybe gravity had not been discovered yet. lol ---
**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:** [November 25, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/711 "2014-11-25T09:55:00Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > Does the term “buffalove” drive anyone else up the fucking wall or is that just me? yes and when girls refer to their friends as buffaloves. ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/712 "2014-11-25T09:57:56Z")
Poor guys posts his wives xmas card creation, which in all honesty has solid design throughout, and the whole thread derails. I love it, lol. But… I don’t Buffalove it. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2014, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/713 "2014-11-25T10:07:35Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > The funny thing is, my old house was on a hill but it had a sump pump!!! The water pumped up then ran down hill. WTF? It was an old house maybe gravity had not been discovered yet. lol water tables are not at a perfectly level line. that particular location could have had a high water table even though it was on a hill. or the builder was used to building in swampland Amherst and thought it was necessary. water fed sump pumps are an option as well for a backup. just throw a shutoff valve in there when you don’t have to use it to conserve water. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/714 "2014-11-25T10:32:08Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > Does the term “buffalove” drive anyone else up the fucking wall or is that just me? Me too, not a fan at all of cliche sayings. > [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > The funny thing is, my old house was on a hill but it had a sump pump!!! The water pumped up then ran down hill. WTF? It was an old house maybe gravity had not been discovered yet. lol Gravity is a new concept in many parts of NY. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/715 "2014-11-25T10:55:33Z")
> [@95dime](#): > > water fed sump pumps are an option as well for a backup. just throw a shutoff valve in there when you don’t have to use it to conserve water. My friend had one of these installed a couple years ago and loves it. The float switch for it is calibrated higher than his main sump so it never kicks on unless the main sump doesn’t work, no shut off valves needed. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/716 "2014-11-25T11:03:31Z")
Gravity is a Liberal thing! ---
**Author:** ![superfan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@superfan99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/superfan99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/717 "2014-11-25T11:07:32Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > Gravity is a Liberal thing! It’s a conspiracy to keep people down. Ugh, that was fucking awful. I feel shame. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/718 "2014-11-25T11:10:34Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > My friend had one of these installed a couple years ago and loves it. The float switch for it is calibrated higher than his main sump so it never kicks on unless the main sump doesn’t work, no shut off valves needed. I will have to do that. I have a water backup but it will run when I have the shutoff open and I don’t want that so I have the shut off closed and will only open it if I get a water alarm on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/719 "2014-11-25T11:15:28Z")
> [@superfan99](#): > > It’s a conspiracy to keep people down. > > Ugh, that was fucking awful. I feel shame. but it sure was punny! ---
**Author:** ![svtcobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@svtcobra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/svtcobra)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/720 "2014-11-25T11:18:57Z")
> [@airhead](#): > > I heard that some towing companies were also charging daily storage fees when people had no possible way to get their cars, is that true? we were not charging storage. we charged 275 for shoveling the car out, winching it to the road or a safe spot to hook up, and to tow it to the designated lot by the police [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107.md?page=35) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107.md?page=37)