Might be time for.....

some new carpet in the bedroom. It appears that Hurricane Ike did reach the interior of our house. We had some water leak into our bedroom carpet, and I didn't find it until it started to smell musty. Seems like it came up through the weepholes. Will need to evaluate the drainage on the side of the house. May have been caused by the extremely heavy rain, or the piles of debris blocking drainage. I'll have to make sure that the drainage path is clear and my gutters are working right too. A section of the carpet and pad was a minor disaster, and the shop vac wasn't cutting it, so the utility knife did. Had to move some furniture and cut out a piece about 3' x 10' on the side wall. To be evaluated again tomorrow to see if more needs to go. There might be even less carpet remaining when Autumn gets home. Will post pictures tomorrow as well as some exterior stuff.