Moisture test

The storm was quick and intense, and it caught all of us by surprise. Those outside scrambled in, and those inside scrambled to pull tools out of the cascades coming through the old roof -- faced with plywood, but not yet paper, so water poured down everywhere.

(If you blow the picture up, you can even see raindrops. Just click it.)

"You know what that means?" Ref said, pointing to the pools on the dining room floor. "If water isn't going down, that means moisture isn't going to come up. That floor is sealed." He was grinning.

We kidded the plumbers that they were lucky they weren't having their inspection today.

By late afternoon, it had all gone airbone, taking the humidity to somewhere around 300 percent.

I think we all would have preferred it on the floor.