 They escaped with just the clothing on their backs and another dry set in their hands. Others in town needed to be rescued by boat or National Guard helicopter. Now the Gay Keys sit in chairs outside their front door, exhausted and stunned. They built these dikes and everything so we felt that we were safe enough to redo our basement. So we redid our whole basement, added on to our garage, and now it was worse than it was 10 years ago. Way worse. Way worse.