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| Charlie The Yorkshire Terror |
One year, soon after we moved into our
townhouse, we had a colossal rainstorm. I drowned my Mitsubishi convertible on
a street just outside our gated community and had to trudge home in the pouring
rain. By the time I reached the house, the water in our street was so high I
had to carry the Yorkie we had then to a safe place to do his business, or he’d
have drowned.
A couple of storms ago, we had water come
in under our garage door, so my partner and I invested in a couple of Hydra Barriers – the big
yellow tubes you can see in the picture of our townhouse, just before we
evacuated.
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| The yellow tubes are the Hydra Barriers |
They take the place of sandbags, preventing
rising water from getting into your home or garage. Since we’re only a mile or
so inland, we’re always worried when the forecast calls for storm surges, so
these make it easy to prepare. You just fill them up from the hose and drag
them into place, and you’re done.
After the threat has passed, all you have
to do is unplug the stopper and the water pours out—often all over you,
however. Then you roll them up – they don’t take up much space—and store them
until the next storm.
I don’t know if we were in danger of rising
water because we evacuated, but we felt pretty confident because we had left
these in place. Fortunately, one of our neighbors remained at home, and was
able to clear the clogged storm drains.
With all those storms still brewing out in the Atlantic, I thought I'd share these in case anyone else needs something similar.
