Snorkeling, anyone?

So this week, our seepage problem in the basement went from being a minor problem to a fairly major problem. We've had A LOT of rain since mid-week, and we have a lake on the north side of the house that is the source of most of the water. We're hoping to have it pumped out at some point today, either by renting a pump from Home Depot or by having someone come and do it for us.

Fortunately, our basement is all sloped towards the floor-drain, so the water is at least ending up there. The trick for us is ensuring that the path for the water is clear, because it's not necessarily coming in close to the drain. We've moved all the furniture to the highest ground we can manage, and tried to make sure that nothing perishable is in danger. Everytime we turn around though, we find a new little trickle, and sometimes a big trickle, and that's discouraging. We came home from dinner last night, and found that the entire floor of the laundry room was soaked, so much so that we couldn't really identify at what exact points the water was coming in.

Anyway, the rain is supposed to stop today, which should help, and then we can set about figuring out what to do next. We have calls out to a number of eavestroughing companies, so that's the first step.

Hope that everyone else is dry!! :)