Joe and Elaine, I am so sorry for you, and while never had a flood had a fire just after my first DH went to Germany for 2 years and I had two kids, 3 cats and 2 dogs and a mess and it was not easy. If I could help from FL I would, prayers coming your way. Husband 2 lived on Fox River for years and they flooded every spring.
So sorry for your wife's books, that hurts.