Northwest Indiana Flooding !

I am here in Hammond, Indiana, just a little over a mile from the Chicago Illinois line. We are under a tornado watch, but our immediate disaster is the flooding. Some parts of my community and surrounding communities are totally flooded out, and it is getting worse. The Little Calumet River is starting to go over at spots, but even without the river overflowing, our streets are flooded.It is nearly impossible to get from one part of the city to another, or get to the neighboring communities. I woke up this morning to a flooded basement.I am glad I had the foresight to put the dog food and a couple of other things up a bit higher, but I still lost a lot of lumber for the projects that are ongoing here, plus a lot of other stuff.We have homeowner insurance, but we do not have flood insurance. My yard is flooded almost up to my house.My car is sitting in the middle of the flood waters in my back driveway, and I honestly am considering wadeing out to it, and getting it out of there, if possible. It is not up to the bottom of the doors, YET, but it is close.
The back portion of my daughters house across the alley from me is totally surrounded in a couple of feet of water. Her garage, where I keep grandpa's 1975 Caddillac, is surrounded by fairly deep water, and is inaccessable. :( Fortunately, my daughter has very little stuff in her basement, but it would be bad if she loses her washer and dryer, let alone the water heater and her furnace. They have no homeowners insurance at all. My son-in-law was out of work since December 2011, and didn't get another job until 3 months ago.
My mother is only 2 blocks from the river, and the main way to get to her house has been flooded out since early this morning. I will have to drive several miles out of my way, to go around and backtrack to get to her house. I hope her power stays on, as she is on oxygen.
I promise to come back to give updates on our situation here, off and on throughout the day.
Keep us in your prayers, my friends.