"Mikepier" wrote in message
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About a month ago my basement had water due to the week long rain in
the Northeast in mid-October. Since then I've been trying to educate
myself with the water table in my area.

I can't help you with the water table issue. I can, however shed a little
light on the problem this time. Many areas of the Northeast received far
more rain than normal in the course of nine days. Basements that have been
dry for 40 years had water in them. At work, we had 16.5" of water in the
building, the first time since 1936 when it was 1/4" higher.

You can expect it to happen again. It was 69 years between events this
time. It may be another 69 years, 150 years, or next month. Plan
accordingly.