My wife and I own a very old bungalow in Tampa, Florida. It has been a labor of love to keep it as original as possible. It has been our weekend getaway for the last two years and we totally enjoy it.

Some time ago, we arrived at the house and found it to have a terrible odor. We finally determined that the odor was caused by sewer gas entering the house. We had the sewer pipes flushed and inspected, but the odor continued. We were warned that the situation was probably dangerous and the gas could cause physical harm to us. We searched and searched for the problem over a two-day period, but could not figure out what was causing the gas to enter the house.

On a Sunday morning at about 1:00 a.m., my wife said I woke her up laughing to myself. She had never heard me laugh in my sleep before. She told me that I said several times, "How stupid can I be?" I had dreamed the solution to the problem.

In my dream, I was flying into Tampa from the east and landing to the west, which I actually did two days earlier. What is strange is that I fly quite a bit and we never land to the west, always to the east or south.

The next thing I remember in the dream was that the wind was blowing from the west and the sewer vent pipe was located on the west side of the house below the eaves. I got out of bed at one in the morning and readjusted the pipe. Instantly, the smell was gone.

We were having a very rare west wind which was blowing the sewer gas back into the pipe and up through the drains. I would not have figured it out in a million years, nor would a professional plumber.

Even more incredible, I related this story to my mother the next day and she gave me a very funny look. She had also had a dream that same night about a plumbing issue in her house, and the messenger was my deceased father. She was led to the exact cause of problem and it was resolved as well.

Steve
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Posted 8-28-04