Move to St. Louis!!
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I've never had sewage in my basement, but did have flood in my basement in UT once. but it wasn't from rain, it was because some asshat farmer up in he hills above my neighborhood left his irrigation system on. Well, the drainage pipe for a lot of the farms up there happened to run right down thru the property that I was renting. There was some blockage in the drainage pipe just past my property, so it backed up into my yard and put 4 ft. of water into my basement (this house was built in 1896). I was in college at the time and no, I didn't have renter's insurance. So I started making phone calls and found out about the origin of this drainage system and the whole irrigation deal. The lady from the county office basically told me "good luck with any of the farmers admitting to having left their irrigation pipes on; and if you do find out who did it you'll need a lawyer."
So basically, I kissed about $3000 worth of comics and football cards away that night. Such a rookie mistake by someone who had never lived in a house with basement before.