Flooded!

Originally Posted by wishfire

Make sure you do it quickly. Also, after Katrina, we learned that it's really just best to chunk anything and everything the water had sunk into for an extended period of time; the mold risk was far too great. You actually may want to have someone come test for mold after you look over everything, honestly. Better to be safe than sorry.

I agree entirely.
When one of my relatives had an entirely flooded first floor, they had to, effectively, throw out anything that had been soaked for a few days. Later in the process, however, they hired some sort of a water cleanup company (it was something like that) to help assess the damage and help clean up. If it is affordable, that might be a good option as well. The first rule, though, is not to get sentimental over objects as you clean: if it's soaked, it must go. (Well, unless it's that important.)

Jam it back in, in the dark.