Reply #2: Oh..I KNOW the feeling....mine went out Thursday night

[rainbow4321]

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And now....I have industrial sized dehumidifiers and fans in the 2 rooms that flooded. The pics below are the family room, my daughter's room has 4 more of these suckers in it. I keep waiting for my little Jack Russell to get sucked up into one of them. There are about 8 of them downstairs.
And, BTW, if any cleanup crew comes and uses them..make SURE they use several different outlets, not all in one room. They blew a fuse four times (lights went out) before they figured out the right combo of outlets to use.

So far, they have said the carpet is not saveable..I wanted hardwood floors down there ANYway but this really was not the way I had planned for that to happen. Insurance will pay for the flooring and everything.
Things I've learned:
Your floorboards are absorbing the water, also. Make sure whoever does your cleanup/inspection process checks them with their little electronic gadget to prove that. They tore mine out this morning. Any furniture sitting in the flooded area?? Put aluminum foil under the feet of the furniture (per my insurance company). Except once the water disaster guys came out they put little blue blocks under the furniture.
And yes, it always DOES happen on the weekend. A few years back when my house was hit by lightening..it was on Memorial Weekend and it was the longest weekend of my life (turns out we had to stay in a hotel for like 10 days.)