Last Summer’s Drought Making Basements Leak

Lots of rain in the forecast this week could force homeowners to deal with an expensive problem they never had before: wet basements. The Missouri River level dropped so low last summer boats that had sunk years ago were exposed. This week the water level is predicted to jump another nine feet, a few feet below flood stage. We can use the rain but some homeowners want it all to go away. Thomas Kirgin`s O`Fallon, Missouri home was built 12 years ago and in those dozen years his basement has always been dry, until now.