An Indoor Pool?

Got a bit of a suprise yesterday when my wife found that the basement has begun to flood due to all the heavy rain. A quick check of the sump pump revealed a dead short in the wiring leading to the Sump Pump (which triggered the breaker to blow), the end result was that the sump wasn't getting any power to move the water out.

Thankfully the issue was resolved by running an extension cord from another plug to the sump and the water began to drain. Better yet is that nothing was ruined except for a couple of cardboard boxes and some old computer game manuals I wasn't even sure why I had kept.