Mistral to be remembered.

I will remember this beautiful windy day.
As I was admiring the clouds and trying to take some god shots, S, who had come home early form work, called upstairs to tell me that the living room floor was flooded.
The washing machine outlet tube had become dislodged! I then spent the next hour or so mopping up about ten buckets of water - it had gone down to the basement too.
Fortunately nothing critical got soaked but my back is playing me up from bending over the mop.