It's Raining Inside

The sound of water cascading inside the walls, and the rumble of diesel-powered trucks. That's what Missy and I heard in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday. Turns out our neighbor on the 3rd floor (2 floors above us) fell and "broke" her toilet, then managed to lock herself out of her apartment, whilst her bathroom flooded. The EMTs on the scene patched her up (something close to 50 stitches) and the firemen had to come and break her door down in order to turn the water off. In the meantime, water had soaked through the apartment above us, draining through our ceiling light fixture. We were informed to drill holes in our ceiling to let the water drain out into buckets, which we did. The water drained out for over an hour, leaving unsightly water stain marks (see photo). The full verdict of the damage is yet to be seen (as the drywall dries out), but we seemed to dodge the bullet on this one. There will need to be some wall patchwork, but our beautifully custom-built cherry kitchen remains unscathed.

Tragedy averted.