Flooded Basement

Well, this past Friday around 3 am we awoke to rain, and lot's of it. This wouldn't be all bad, but we had our guest room in the basement flood the week before and we new this was going to be even worse. Our eggressed (I have no clue how to spell that word) windows have been incomplete since Oct. because of winter and failure of the workers to show up and finish it once it warmed up. For those who don't have basements, it is a window in the ground that allows us to count these rooms as bedrooms when we sell the house. I put a picture of the one in our play room. The problem isn't the window or the area inside the metal barrier, but outside the metal part- there were still big holes in the ground with the sprinkler system exposed (and messed up by the people who dug the holes). I don't know exactly how it all works or how this actually happens, but with all the rain almost the entire basement flooded through the 2 eggressed windows. After Kyle had worked his best to stop the water (he did the first night) it was evident we needed professional help and we were happy when they showed up around 4:45 am. They suck up the water, removed the carpet pad, and left humidifiers and fans to dry everything up. The carpet is fine and nothing is permanently damaged, just one big expensive pain! We are not responsible for any of the damage and our contractor has agreed to pay for it. Kyle worked all weekend to fill the holes with durt, because we are supposed to have more rain this week and realized we couldn't count on the workers to show up. There's a picture of everything in the basement on the small portain of carpet that survived. We shouldn't have any more issues with flooding and we look forward to having a finished basement again. We are so thankful nothing was damaged! Please feel free to plan your trips to Omaha to come visit us- the guest room is waiting!