A Very Unexpected Christmas Eve's Eve

It had been raining just about all day, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.  

That was until it was REALLY late in the night - nearing midnight, when suddenly we hear the continuous blaring of a car horn outside.

Long story short, it turned out to be ours. We may live in the country where it isn't like a housing development where you bump into a neighbor at every turn, but we still DO have neighbors. It being the middle of the night, we knew we had to do something. Well, regardless of what time it was, it still needed to be stopped.

The hubs immediately went into emergency procedures and gathered whatever he needed to unhook the car battery to cut off the juice that was causing all that horrendous incessant racket.

All this in drizzling, freezing conditions.

When we had some time to take a breath without getting our eardrums blown up, we tried to survey the cause ....  and damage.

Somehow, the front windshield had developed a leak at its seal, which was letting rain water in, which then drenched the steering wheel and all the electronics in there - which then let loose this glitch with the horn going continuously. 

The floor board of the driver's side had water standing - a little flood - and we tried to do whatever we could to dry stuff out, including stringing a fan out to blow on the steering wheel etc.

Thank Goodness after setting the fan there overnight and onto the next day, when the battery was reattached, the horn had gone back to normal. Sheesh.

For now, there is heavy duty duct tape over where the metal meets the glass on the front wind shield faulty area and crossed fingers.

Side Note: The rain's brought out slugs. *shudder*