Sorry to hear about this, Prof.
I hope by now you are feeling a bit better. The car...if you have full insurance on it, maybe they'll not only replace it, but get you a rental in the meantime.
The basement is another story. Call your city hall. I don't know how widespread the flooding was near you, but we had some significant flooding in my burg a few years back, quite a few people here were in your situation, and our city manager did a great job coordinating things, pointing people to agencies that could help. It was a big enough flood that they even got FEMA involved. If yours wasn't an isolated situation, maybe something like that will happen for you.
Let us know what's going on, OK?