With all the rain that we have had lately, homes that have never had water issues suddenly are. The ground is becoming very saturated and can't take a lot more...thus the path of least resistance may be into your basement or crawl space. And the upcoming forecast is calling for more rain...
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=AKZ111
Make sure that your gutters are clear and that your downspouts are long enough so that the rain water can get far enough away from the house. If you have more water coming over the sides of your gutters than is coming out the downspouts, hire someone to come and clean them so that they are operating properly.
The added bonus to checking your gutters now is that winter is soon coming and if they aren't draining properly due to composting leaves and debris, they will fill with water and freeze soon contributing to ice dams.
Take a couple of minutes tonight to makes sure that things are as they should be.
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