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The water pooled around the jerry-rigged washing machine, gently lapping as it approached the basement stairs. Three or four steps up, I sat contemplating — no, panicking — about the decision-making process that had led me to dwell in the basement bedroom of this ancient, sketchy house.
I got up to look for help as the basement continued to flood. I had just…