Just went into my humidor to pick out a few cigars for tomorrow night. I don't think I have ever been so shocked.....almost sickened. Evidently my commercial humidifier instead of cutting off at 70% went wide open. The first thing I saw was an old Diamond Crown humidor that was falling apart. As I looked around it dawned on me every cigar I could see was soaked and swollen.
I unplugged the humidifier and set a high speed fan to blow outside air into the room. I can't even look again tonight. Probably 20 boxes of Cuban Montecristo No.2, about the same number of Partagas Serie D #4, at least 125 or so more boxes of premium cigars. A few will be spared by the fact that they were in an end table closed humidor that stayed in the humidor. It holds the best of the best.
I'll check it one more time before I go to bed then assess the total damage tomorrow. I'm guessing 95% of the cigars in that room are ruined, most of them are at least 3 years old and some 8-10 years. Fuck!