HANNA!

Today is Sunday, a beautiful day in the Washington, DC, area. The sun is out, it's currently 76 degrees. A far cry from yesterday's weather - from the wrath of Hanna. By the time Hanna was screaming up the East Coast, she was categorized as a Tropical Storm. But it didn't stop the damage.

Our rain started Friday night around 6PM. It wasn't supposed to start until around midnight, so that was a surprise. At that point it was lighter rain, kind of like a regular rain storm.

By the time Saturday morning came around, the rain was much heavier and the wind was fierce. As you can see from the pictures below, our backyard became a lake and the wind whipped our lawn chairs around. The rain was sideways at times.

David also discovered a leak in our downstairs patio door. He happened to go down to the rec room mid- to late-morning to check the outside. He found water dripping heavily from the top of the patio door into the track and splashing onto the carpet. It looked like the screws at the top of the door inside the upper track were loose and that the water was coming in from there. So David tightened them - that only helped a little bit. He found some caulking and tried to caulk the areas where water was coming in. However, since it was wet, the caulk didn't hold well. But it worked overall.

Since the carpet was wet by the door, David needed to wet vac any extra water up and then pulled the carpet back a bit to air it out. He also put this lovely blue bucket in the door track to capture any remnant water that decided to drip out as the rain continued (see picture below).

The rain stopped around 6PM or so and by 7PM the sky was clear and the sun was out. And Hanna was on her way to the Northeast.

Some of the problems caused by Hanna locally include: 25,000 people without power, roads closed, power lines down, trees down and about 7 inches of rain. It certainly could have been worse. Good luck to those still in the path of Hanna. And good riddance from everyone here in the Washington, DC, area.