April Showers bring May Flowers

4/14/2022 (Permalink)

We've been hearing this expression forever! Here in the Northeast the April showers part is certainly true.   We here at SERVPRO of White Plains, have seen quite a few basements with water, rooms with wet carpets from leaky roofs, and muddy water coming in a first floor window.   The one thing that stands out is the older man with the water in the basement.   He kept all of his important documents in an old leather briefcase on a shelf in his basement.   The problem he had was it was on the bottom shelf.   The old worn leather with the zipper that didn't quite close all the way, was no match for the quick rain that flooded his basement.  Inside was a mess of wet papers, mud and more wet papers.   Insurance documents that had been stored in this case for many years and were his only copies.   He shook his head, and told us that he put his important papers in the case and forgot about them.  He had bank papers and other documents that were ruined as well.  Some, he couldn't recall what they even were.   

Lesson learned.  Valuable papers no matter what area of the country you live in, should always be kept in water proof bags, and be somewhere that you have easy access to.   Insurance information, bank information, prescription info, and emergency contact numbers.  

A great piece of advice for anyone