It's hitting the major US headlines:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/weath...ota/index.html
We had a little flood around here back in 03 or 04. 15 inches of rain over 5 days, and we're in the old Black Swamp area (N-NW Ohio+NE Indiana), so it backed up pretty good, especially near the new spillway off our lake. Fortunately everything was pretty spread out, and only a few people were affected...but my friend was one of them. You'd be suprised how fast you can get everything out of a house. Fortunately a lot of sandbags and 6 water pumps did the trick and kept it dry. They now have a permanent 4 foot dike around their house, and enough sandbags on hand to cover the driveway
Good luck Scott. And just because NSDQ, it doesn't mean a temporary strategic withdrawl is a bad idea
Better safe than swimming!