How to get water out of the basement

What I learned this weekend

On Thanksgiving, I didn't have much choice. Everything was closed. I used a shopvac to get water, a few inches deep in places, out of the basement. I barely put a dent in it. It took twenty seconds to fill the thing with water, then I had to lug it upstairs to dump it outside.

Turns out what you need is a submersible pump. I ran out and bought one for just under $60. I attached a garden hose to it and ran it into the yard. Then I placed it in the deepest place in the water and plugged it in. Had most of it out in an hour and a half.