At least the frogs are okay. Bet you'll be glad when this is over! :yikes:

AFTER...this is all over, who pays for all this and the damage to you? :confused:

Today's update:
WSSC & plumbing people got their signals crossed; WSSC showed up a few minutes ago, before the plumber could come back and finish the job. WSSC therefore, failed the inspection as "unfinished", and specified what needed to be done to finish. WSSC guy sounded nearly panicked about the impending rain; to be fair, he's right, if it does start raining, anything in the trench is going to come into the house.
Nevertheless, I had to get on the phone to the plumbers and find out where the guy is, and what his timeline is.
He'll call us back when he's on the way.
Rain started at 1320. Didn't last long, nothing filled.
Plumber called back, they'll be here between 1600-1700.

And the photos. Let's start from outside.
As one approaches the sidewalk outside th house, the first thing seen is the sidewalk being blocked:


Then, the huge pile of dirt dug out by WSSC when they were looking for the shut-off valve:


And failing to find it, thanks to Verizon FiOS, they had to dig & install a new one:


Then the plumbers got to dig their own hole, resulting in a huge pile of dirt. Note in both "dirt" piles, the number and size of rocks:

Then the plumbers got to dig their own hole, resulting in a huge pile of dirt. Note in both "dirt" piles, the number and size of rocks:

And of course, WSSC & the plumbers both called Miss Utility, which duly marked the cables running though the yard. Except one:

But as far as I know, nobody complained about suddenly losing power or 'net, so, the trench continued right up to the basement wall:

Whereupon, the plumbers were able to install the new pipe, protected by a sheath:

But then from inside the house:

And then, looking at the inside basement wall from left to right, the original drywall hole, to determine where the water was getting into the basement from:

And then of course, several holes in the concrete and/or cinder block wall to feed the pipe through:

And said pipe heads downwards, takes a right angle turn to meet up with the original plumbing intake:

And continues to run along the wall, with a third hole in the drywall:

and:

Finally coming up to the old juncture. There are now something like 3 internal shut-off quarter-turn valves:

Lastly, the view from the laundry room entryway. From here, the water is just the the left, slightly behind the camera view, which is why we originally thought that was the culprit.

Oh, and I used to have a picture of the plumbers estimate, but I accidentally deleted that when I want to re-take pictures in better light this morning. The actual estimate as $6785, with $219 marked as "paid" for the original consult & puzzlement. Don't feel like hunting that down and re-taking/editing that pic.

:yikes:


:(

Ugly, ugly, ugly
 

Across Australia, particularly South Australia and New South Wales:
http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/fire_bans_and_ratings.jsp

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...ve/3512774.html

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...5d7b-1486907886

OMG, so sorry to hear what you're going through. Hope it is fixed soon!!

They are having some nasty times Down Under, but from what I have heard, the fire conditions have somewhat abated.

Yeah, I have a couple of friends there, but AFAIK, everyone came through OK.

And now it's the turn of Pixie's members in Eastern Canada (particularly Montreal) to be worried:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/...8074136278.html

Sure wish we could convince Mother Nature to do things in moderation. :shrug:

I hope the storm went north of NS where we have a special Pixie. :wish:

Saw on the weather channel this afternoon, the fires in Florida can be seen from space.

Wouldn't it be nice to have the weathermen come on the air today and say ... "Well, nothing to report today. Skies will be sunny with moderate temperatures, light breezes and the sound of chirping birds will be the only disturbances Mother Nature will be offering us." Ahhh.

Oddly enough, that's pretty much the description of the weather around here today. Won't last long, I'm sure.

I did have a weatherman on the radio one time report ...

"There's a 30% chance of rain ... no ... there's 100% chance ... it's raining now!" I loved it.

...and now it's wildfires in California. Who is running for their lives this time?

Hay, peeps in the Midwest: DO NOT go and play in the snow. This is nothing to laugh at, people have already died.
https://weather.com/news/news/2019-...-vortex-midwest

Amen to that! ^^^^

Absolutely bitterly cold wind chills yesterday at one point hitting -43. Exposed skin could get frostbitten in 5 minutes. Definitely no fun. We didn't leave the house yesterday.

Here to, cold COLD MIND NUMBING COOOOLD!!!!

With the driveway still mostly covered in ice its slow walking, you can get frostbite just getting the mail . SSoooo ready or warm weather.

Looks like we'll maybe get a reprieve with temps reaching 29F today; 46F Saturday, 52F on Sunday, and 57F on Monday … but, by Tuesday, it'll fall back to the 20s or lowC 30s. Crazy weather … but at least it's a warmer crazy for a few days.

Just make sure when you go out, you time it carefully. Dont' want anyone else freezing to death.

Amen to that!