After another marathon Zoom session yesterday, I was eager to jump in the pool. I'm glad that I didn't waste any time, because three hours after we started to splash and play storms moved into the area. The rain has not stopped, and is projected to continue through Saturday.
In three hours yesterday evening we received nearly four inches of water. As the rain poured down, I began to worry about the water level in our pool. The water was rising quickly to the top of the pool. I am not sure what happens if an above ground pool floods, but I don't think it is good!
After hours of fretting, I went outside when there was a lull between storms to inspect the situation. Robby and I bailed out some water, but looking at the radar I knew we needed a longer term solution. After a lot of trial and error, we positioned a siphon hose in the top of the filter. We reasoned that the siphon would remove the water until that point, keeping our pool below the flooding threshold.
The rain continued to pour throughout the night, but the associated lightning kept me from checking our siphon. All I could do was hope that it was working. Between the storms and my pool anxiety, I didn't sleep well.
As soon as I woke up I checked our pool. Not only is it intact, but our siphon worked perfectly! The excess water was removed as well as all of the rain water that fell throughout the night. Talk about a relief!
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