I worked for the power company and got called in years ago to kill the power and pump an entire basement of a bank. The 2 "sprinkler system broke and flooded the basement. The water was so clear and high it was half way up the stairs and people walked down the stairs into the water without paying attention. They were lucky we got the power off before they entered the water and got killed. Even with the water turned off it took us over 6 hours to get the basement pumped.
Mike
10+ years ago at our old place, a hose broke outside while we were gone for the weekend and flooded the downstairs room to knee level. Of course the breaker box is down there.
On my way to the breaker box, I reached in the water to unplug the alarm clock, and felt tingling the closer I got to the outlet
Decided to leave it alone, then went and turned off the main.
During the remodel we found the hole in the corner for a sump pump that was never installed
