Rain May Fall, with update

Into every life a little rain must fall and today it's falling in mine.

I turned on the hot water in the shower yesterday and black water came out. It ran clean after a few minutes, but when I looked at the water heater later it was definitely tilted.  Turns out it's leaking and the water had damaged the floor underneath so it was no longer stable.

this is the old one

So today I'm getting a new one installed. Sigh.

Update:

this is the new one

 So the guy came about 10 AM. He said, "Yup, you need a new tank this one is leaking." After we chatted a minute he said, "I can do it today," and he gave me a price at least a quarter of what I had expected, so I said "Sure."

"I have to go get some stuff, and then I'll have to drain the old tank before I can remove it, but it shouldn't take more than a couple hours or so."

It's not quite 3 PM as I write this and the job is done. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am.