What happens when ...?

What happens when you are skirted by a tropical storm that has moved inland and is sucking up moisture from the Gulf of Mexico? You get about four inches of rain.

What does four inches of rain in a short amount of time do to the ground? Yes, makes it softer. What does softer ground do to an inspector? Makes them frown. What does a frowning inspector do to a mason? I think it drives them to curse, particularly when the ground was rock solid when they dug out the trenches and footing holes to begin with. What does a cursing mason do to a good general contractor? Drives him to act.

What does a good general contractor do when he's driven to act? He pulls in a structural engineer to find out alternatives. He assesses the situation and determines if it is cost effective to delay the schedule a couple of days to let the trenches dry out before a reassessment from the structural engineer. He weighs out the benefits and the risks. He monitors the weather forecast. And then he communicates what's going on to the client.

What happens to a client when he has a good general contractor? He grins, knowing he made the right decision on his selection for the job.

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So ... now you know.

And as a side note ... what happens when fluid mysteriously pockets below your lung when you have not had any sickness? It feels like a heart attack. Just FYI. Never mess with those symptoms. Get it checked. Pronto. I mean it.