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I returned home a couple of days ago, after a week in Texas, and almost immediately I went down to the basement.

That’s where everything ends up, anyway. Gravity is alive and well in this house, and if you don’t pay attention it’s all going down. Just a matter of time.

I went down to the basement because I’d been vaguely aware that there had been a few storm systems hanging around the Pacific Northwest while my wife and I were out of town, and basements are underground. Flooding isn’t common but not all that rare, and I’ve spent some time mopping over the years.

The basement...