Cool:
Wet/dry shop-vacs are the coolest thing since... since leak-free basements.
Not Cool:
About three inches (30 gallons) of water encroaching on my basement office area.
Lucky:
Office area seems to be on slightly higher ground -- about 4 inches. Maybe another 2-4 hours and funny smells/sounds would have been produced. Thanks for waking me
akatchoom.