We should have been concerned when it poured for 18+ hours yesterday but we weren't. We just went about our day and snuggled in for the night listening to the rain outside our window. Unfortunately, this morning we woke to find that our basement had been flooded with around 5-6 inches of water at some point during the night and then the water had slowly drained away. The culprit was a 'overwhelmed' storm drain in the driveway. Everything in the basement, which is where our guest bedroom, TV room, garage and laundry/storage room are, had floated to a new location during the flood. Thankfully, we were able to salvage most of our photo albums (there are photos drying all over the house currently), books and electronics downstairs. And after spending the day at the laundry mat, we got most of our clothes and extra bedding dry. The landlord showed up to help and decided the only option was to rip out the carpet and padding immediately so the floors could dry and the carpet could