By Adrian Wyld, Ottawa Citizen, May 10th, 2017
Our family has grown accustomed to the many idiosyncrasies of our century-old farmhouse. The creaking walls, the various species that inhabit it, and even the tiny stream that runs through the basement in spring time. However, this year that tiny stream became a much bigger problem. After only a few hours of a broken pump, our entire basement was flooded in two feet of water.
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