Where There is Water...

...there is usually even more water. If it is connected to a pipe, it has probably flooded my home. In the last five years we've enured water damage from leaking toilets (that have flooded the room below them), exterior faucets that have frozen and poured water inside, sinks, water heaters, air conditioning units, etc. 

We've seen everything from full spray from a faucet-less sink to a foot of standing water in the basement. From the ceiling crashing down from water weight to parts of a toilet dropping into our kitchen. 

We even had one home where not a single window was properly sealed so water poured in every time it rained... and we lived near Seattle, where it rains a lot.

For us, the sound of dripping is one of the first signs of Spring.

In high school Home Ec class, I was paired up with a group of other kids as a "family."  Our family spun a wheel and drew cards from a jar to determine our life's triumphs and disasters. Two guesses what type of disaster we drew several variations of... yep, floods. Come to think of it, I believe I took the class in Spring.