Flood and Fires

One of the reasons we haven't left Shanghai in our tour across China and Japan is because of this. Jon and I had been home for five days. . .just enough time to start this blog and begin to dig myself out of three weeks of bill paying, etc. . .when the toilet in the master bath overflowed. There was at least two inches of water through out the entire master suite. It even leaked through the walls to Jon's office. What a mess!

So, when the fires hit Southern California during the Santa Ana winds, we were stuck in an unairconditioned house that had to be closed in 85 degree weather. We'd have had the doors closed anyway because of the smoke and soot. However, adding six big blowers and three dehymidifiers to the mix was quite an ordeal.

Once we mitigate the mold it will be a couple of weeks to put the whole place back together at a cost of over $11,000. Thank goodness for insurance! Of course, the key is when we will get the mold dealt with. I'm just hoping we'll be done before Christmas.



This is what my office looked like for 10 days. Doesn't look much better now but at least the furniture is back in place and the minimal computer damage was repaired yesterday.

So, tomorrow more on China.