Thursday, October 27, 2022

Everything I Did to Flood-Proof My Old House

I vividly remember the night Hurricane Ida hit New York City, in September 2021. My husband, Giovanni, and I were watching a movie as rain hammered menacingly onto our old slate-roof home in Queens. At some point, we paused the film to check on our basement. Bone-dry. About 20 minutes later, Giovanni went to check once more. When he returned, he wailed, “We’re screwed!”

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from Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/flood-proofing-my-old-house/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=RSS%20Feed

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