>Good news for you, anyway. We got 4" in our basement once when the power went out during a 17" rainfall and that was a mess.

Bummer. We got about 18" in a 12 hour period. There isn't much dirt above the aquifer so it floods quite easily.

>I don't even want to think about water in my living room. Hopefully, insurance will cover it.

Yeah it sucks. He lives in an area that was once florida swampland so it's not surprising that it happened.