Last week on Wednesday, we had water in our basement. Not from the 3.5 inches of rain we had gotten a few days prior, but from a broken pipe leading to our front water spigot. I had finally thrown my flowers in some pots, turned the water on for all of 10 minutes to give them a little drink, then left to run errands. Thankfully, Ella was home and had gone downstairs to check her laundry and cal...