It starts with a weather report. The meteorologist on the television screen is giving a warning about the thunderstorms that are about to hit the area. Rain is the four-letter work you dread most. It might as well be a curse word.

The worry starts right then and there. You start to draw up plans as if you were going into battle. You think about where to strategically place the buckets and pots to make sure the water drips into them and not your floor or furniture.

Do you have to move furniture and other items out of the way? Are all the members of the family able to sleep in their beds without experience the drip, drip, drip of a leak on their foreheads?

We also have witnessed many cases of the surprise leak or the leak that worsens with the current rain event to the point where the buckets and pots just can’t do the job anymore. These situations typically involve the inability to protect furniture, appliances, and possessions. The situation will definitely cost you dearly now.

This is when it’s a true emergency.