I live in SE Iowa, and we've been getting steady rain, but nothing too bad. Sounds like it might be worse up north. Certainly it's nothing like the Flood of ‘93. I live just a few blocks from the Mississippi River, and lemme tell you, that Flood was nightmarish! Entire streets were literally submerged, it was crazy. Anyway, just remember Crimson, if you keep important stuff in the basement, stack it high above the floor, like on tables or whatever. We had basement stuff damaged in the flood, it sucked.
…Really though, its not the rain of late that bothers me, it’s the humidity it causes. A few days ago, the heat index down here was almost 100 degrees!!! Too much for my Norwegian blood….