The Waters Were Abated...

Fortunately it didn't take a hundred and fifty days; just the weekend. The pumps continue to do their job. The major trouble with the interior pump was it getting clogged with earthworms. Cleaned out those creatures, (hanging on for dear life) and the stream from the pump was back to normal. The pumps in the bowl outside the basement continue to work non-stop, as does the irrigation pump in the settling pond. You can see that the main high water mark was ~30 inches inside.

To add insult to injury a local rodent took advantage of the high water to take down one of the aspen. I take some consolation in knowing that it's efforts to abscond with its spoils were frustrated by the quickly receding waters (thanks pumps!)

One more aside: preliminary exams of the games show that Pole Position, Raiden and "the Game" have likely met their end, but it just may be that Rastan will rise again - fitting isn't it? (You are a brave fighter to have cleared such a difficult stage!)