@Mindy Jensen,good catch on the grading under the house.hope you rented/bought an extra pump just in case.now off-topic, this-old-house had a few episodes where they explained the types of sump-pumps.they had mentioned one pump that runs no electricity, using water pressure from city water.many houses in chicago area had basement floods because there was no power for extended periods of time, which eventually drain even the battery backup.

I do have to admit however that I am exhausted and I am looking forward to recharging my batteries over the holidays.I also am going to adjust my marketing campaign in the upcoming year so that I don't generate as many phone calls in such a short time, at least until I start having some help in answering the phone.

add battery operators cams like they use for deer hunting around the property there camo so hard to find them u can mount to trees or any where some are rechargeable from sun solar 

I had the basement waterproofed from the outside, installed 2 battery back up dumps (both crocks present when purchased), and needless to say, it is now bone dry.One a simple fix, the other a little more costly.

Fix your smoke detectors, make sure your stairs are lit with battery back-up emergency lights.

BTW: ALL laptops have a Three prong plug to the battery charger and a unique cable from it to the laptop. 

Red hook is right on the water across from Manhattan through the battery tunnel and wow did that area change for the better, but where the projects are is still straight ghetto and might never change.

They have a battery powered red blinking light to make it seem legit.

Just make sure the timer batteries are changes out regularly.

@Tristian Cox, You should have a large emergency fund regardless of it being in a flood zone or not.Also, there are battery backup systems for the sump pumps.