Florida woman finds her home flooded after a storm. Then she uses a common children’s toy to clear the mess: ‘Goodbye, you did such a good job’

A flooded home isn’t fun to deal with, but one Florida woman may have found a method to help clean up the water in a way that’s more efficient than options like a pump, wet/dry vacuum, or mops.

Beeeeeeeeches (@beeeeeeeeches) decided to use a children’s toy to help her clean up the floodwater in her home, and the video she posted to TikTok makes it appear that this decision worked pretty well.

This success wasn’t the only video posted by Beeeeeeeeches on the topic, and she has one that shows the floodwater in her home in Melbourne. It doesn’t say how high the water was, but it’s easy to see that there is, indeed, standing water in her home.

Orbeez helped a Florida woman clean up floodwater

While dealing with the aftermath of a flood, Beeeeeeeeches posted a video with the text: “Good news, I found Orbeez,” which are shown in the standing water in her home. Then, she posted an update video showing the Orbeez swollen and the standing water gone, saying, “Goodbye, Orbeez, you did such a good job.”

In the second video, Beeeeeeeeches is seen vacuuming up the swollen Orbeez, presumably to dispose of them now that they’ve helped her soak up the standing water, which makes it much easier to start cleaning the rooms that were impacted and dealing with damaged items.

While she received praise for her clever use of Orbeez in the comments, with one person saying, “Orbeez being flood prevention was never in my playbook,” other comments claim that Orbeez are bad for the environment, as they don’t break down quickly, leading to requests that Beeeeeeeeches keep and re-use them for as long as possible, which she confirms is the plan. Living in Florida, it might not be a bad idea to have these toys around to use in the event of another flood.

Orbeez aren’t always used for good

Orbeez might’ve been helpful with flood water, but people have previously used them in damaging ways. In one case from 2020 that A.V. Club covered, a man in France allegedly destroyed his bathroom and neighborhood sewage system with Orbeez.

Schreiner, the man at the center of this event, apparently filled his bathtub with Orbeez, then struggled to dispose of them, as they backed up into his sink and toilet when he tried to drain them, and broke his vacuum when he tried to suck them up.

The event’s authenticity has been questioned over the years without a real answer as to whether it was faked or real, but the idea that something like that could happen isn’t far-fetched. Guides and recommendations for Orbeez caution parents to avoid flushing or draining them, as they could lead to clogged pipes or even burst pipes.

When it comes to using Orbeez for floods, well, it seemed to help in at least one case, but the important part is likely how Beeeeeeeeches dries and reuses them, or how she disposes of them, if that’s what she chooses to do.

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