Welcome to Chi-Town

Ten . . . hours without power

Nine . . . phone calls to plumbers at one a.m. (no one called back)

Eight . . . inches of rain that fell in Chicagoland

Seven . . .days and counting and still no visit from the insurance adjuster

Six . . . days before the Disaster Services crew arrived to pump out water and attempt to dry out the basement

Five . . . inches of standing water in our newly finished basement (carpet laid the day before the storms!)

Four . . . hours of sleep we got the night of the storms

Three . . .tornado warnings that sent us to the basement (before it flooded)

Two . . . new hot water heaters

And a heavy duty new sump pump, with battery back up

Welcome to Chicago . . .