On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:03:28 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-08-28 5:57 PM, wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:41:35 -0400, Dave Smith
> a hurricane zone he'd know better than to head underground. I hope.
>>>
>>> In this part of the world houses have basements. If I lived in a
>>> hurricane zone and had a basement it would be about the last place I
>>> would head in a hurricane.
>>
>> Another one who doesn't know that basements have drains.
>
>
>I live in a rural area and I have a basement, but there is no sewer
>system for it to drain into. I have a sump pump. If we get a hurricane
>and there is flooding the power is likely to be out, so no juice for the
>sump pump.

That you have a sump pums says your basement floods. Perhaps in your
part of Canada the building code doesn't require a basement drain...
in the NY County where I live basements require a drainage system.
Whoever built your house didn't know about installing a basement
drainage system or the customer was too stingy to pay the price. I
would strongly suggest you obtain a generator, minimally one large
enough to run your sump pump.
There are methods to install
a basement drain after the house is built. not very costly or
devatating to the building. The first step is to determine where the
water is originating. Very often water enters the basement from
inadequate rain gutters, eather thje gutters are too small or the
downspts do not guide water away from the foundation.
My house gutters have four downspouts, one at each corner. Each
enters a piece of 6" piece of PVCthat goes into the ground about two
feet with an elbow attached and then a ten foot legth of PV that
slopes and exits the ground on a slope, roof water runs away from the
house foundation. Ln ly maintenence is a couple times a year I clear
any plant growth from where the water exits. When houses are dsbuilt
the ground is typically grdes so water runs away from the
house but often within a short time that soil erodes and washes
downhill, if not repaired standing water will form at your foundation,
that water will enter your basement.... what type of backfill
determines how fast water enters... a good builder will backfill to
the footings with rock and gravel and forming a place at the lowest
point where water collects and flows down hill via lengths of
perforated PVC... also form a concrete lined pit at the lowest point
of the basement floor and poke a hole thrugh the foundation so as to
attach a piece of PVc that connects to the piece running down grade.
Now you'll have a basement drain, so you can get rid of the sump pump.
You can do the project yourself, if you have a friend with a backhoe
who owes you a favor it'll cost practically nothing, just the price of
some PVC and a few bags of sacrete. When I say DIY I mean hire a
strong teenager and supply a shovel. If it's down hill to the road
and you're not too far from the road and there's a culvert you can run
the PVC to the road and dump your basement water into the culvert.
There are plenty of web sites describing how to construct the various
styles of French drains.