I knew there was a hurricane, but I didn't have school! xD I went to school out on Long Island (long story) and basically the city was shut down. We still had power until quite a bit later.

Also, by large puddle, I mean small pound. Our basement was also huge, and divided into two rooms. The large room was divided into two sections (because of bookshelves.) The puddle was on the other side. The part of the basement with the tv was in the middle section. I had to go to the bathroom, and noticed the puddle coming in from the first section (where the stairs were.) That's when I ran upstairs and told my parents what was going on.

After we got our stuff out of the basement and attempted to bind the windows, we mopped up the puddle that was there. We didn't just leave it!