...seal up all the doors, ut b really there was nothing. All we could do was hope the waters did not rise so far. I was in the kitchen at the back of the house with the mother, who was futilely trying to block the pet door cut into the base of the back door. It was too late! We had to slam shut the main door and hope for the best. We ran upstairs to the bedroom at the top of the house. I woke.