Hold fast and safe!

While not nearly as tragic, we had a big snow melt over the weekend and my neighbors old sump pump was overwhelmed and burnt itself out. My house is on a slight grade and has never had water issues so I brought mine up to pump him out. Another neighbor (well a few miles down the road) brought up his backhoe and dug out the ditch full of snow that was preventing proper run off.

Seemed like a big deal at the time but after reading your story, it's just a tiny blip in comparison.

With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.