Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
A window well filled up in yesterday's torrential rain, flooding our
basement. The carpet -- which we were thinking of replacing anyway --
is not so difficult to get reasonably dry with a carpet cleaning
machine. But the room with the flooded window well has cheap laminate
flooring over thin plastic-faced felt underlayment. The surface or
the boards is dry and the adjacent carpeted area is reasonably dry,
but there is a squelchy sound when we walk on the laminate floor, and
the edges and ends of some boards are curling up. Any hope of saving
this floor?

I'd suck out as much water as possible, enlist a de-humidifier and hope for
the best.

It sure won't get any worse. With patience and suitable placement of carpets
and furniture, you may not even notice any lingering problem.