Check Your Hoses!

Yesterday, while washing a load of towels, the hot water hose burst and my neighbor Kelsey & I found ourselves surrounded by water in my kitchen & mud room.  Now I cook to the sound of fans and heaters trying to dry out my hard wood floors.  I'm praying the floors will flatten back out, but only time will tell.  Now why did we elect for that $1000 deductible on our homeowner's insurance?????  At least the washer is now fixed and I'm back to washing towels.  Maybe if we could have dried the floor quicker if I'd only been washing clothes instead.  The good news is that the drums in the "drum room" down in the basement below the laundry room did not get wet.  However, the rug they were sitting on was soaked.  Go figure.  Ours is not to question why.  So, now, get up and go check your washer hoses.  If they look remotely like this photo, replace them immediately!