Woke up to find a puddle in front of the stove and fridge in the new place, tossed a few kitchen towels on it

I defrosted the ice maker in the fridge after we moved in, did I break it? oh no! worry, guilt, fear starts to set in

the towels are sopping, wrung them out

made my kid breakfast, wrung the towels out again, wow, so much water

dragged the entire fridge out (oof), the back is dry. so much water! run upstairs, get a beach towel, throw that down

was it the dishwasher? empty it, clean kitchen

better wash this pan. huh, no hot water? weird

walk across the hall from the kitchen to the opposite side of the unit in the (dark) bedroom and back toward the bathroom to check the hot water there

whoops, the bathroom floor in here is wet too? what the hell? flipped on lights

our two year old follows, oh no! his onesie feet are now soaked, go change him

looks like a half inch of water across this entire back wall and towards the wall I mounted a tv on a few weeks ago. oh no! worry, guilt, fear get stronger. did I drill into a hot water pvc? fuck fuck

partner gets home from night shift job at hospital: sorry no hot water. also I think I ruined the apartment

partner: you should go check out the garage it’s loud

go out in the garage, mech closet for building sounds like a fire hydrant is open

FUCK YES! NOT MY FAULT!

boiler went kablooie, check common stairwell behind our unit: downstairs hall has an inch of standing water

go back to the front of the unit and find the big blue shut off valve for the entire building, it turns with no problem, so I shut off the mains

gushing roar subsides