I had 5 inches in my living room (why someone would build a "sunken living room" in Houston is beyond me)!!
But, to be fair, this is the first time in years that we've flooded, we have French drains all around it and they usually do the trick. Problem this time was that there was so much rain (I'm in the Memorial area 10 -12 inches from 12 to 4 am), that the water in the street was so high that the drains wouldn't drain so they backed up. Oh, well... worse things have happened.
We have brick floors in there, so we just got the furniture out and lifted the Oriental rug off the floor and bailed water - for 3 freaking hours!!!
Crazy thing, what woke me was the tornado siren going off somewhere close by at around 2:30! I had never heard it before and it totally freaked me out! My dogs were going crazy, so I went to look out the front door, the street was like a river raging down towards Buffalo Bayou! Then, I looked to the left, into the living room, and saw our indoor wading pool! So, I got my husband and son up and we started moving the stuff.
Right now, we are still drying out the rug, but it will be fine along with the furniture
Obviously, I didn't go in to work yesterday!!