[RayB]

I had the exact thing happen to me during Fay. I live in a poured concrete villa. It was under a large window facing to the west. Rug was wet about six inches away from window. Interior wall, base board area or window frame molding was not wet. There was no evidence of dampness in rug in living room window which faces the same direction. During the storm there was massive wind blown rain pelting the windows facing the West. First I noticed the window which had dampness in the rug had about a quarter of an inch of water standing on the bottom metal window framing. This was between the screen and the window. The same window facing in the same direction where no rug was wet did not have any standing water on the bottom framing between the screens and the window. I think the water on the wet rug window may have been seeping down the wall between the pored concrete wall and the wall board and seeping out under the rug. In between rains I took a drill outside and drilled holes in the screen framing and a lot of the standing water in between the screen and the glass window drained out. After that I did not observe any more water accumulating between the screen and window.

Second observation: The gutter downspout came out at the corner of the house near the window in question. The water would gush out of the downspout and would accumulate right under the window in question as the ground angled to the house rather than away. During the storm I went to Home Depot and purchased a vinyl gutter extension which now expels the gutter water about eight feet away from the house. Perhaps the water from downspout was accumulating in sufficient quantity to seep under the cement flooring of the house and seeping up through a crack in the cement floor.

I took both actions during the storm so there was plenty of wind driven rain after I took these actions. I have a rug shampoo machine so I was able to to suck up more than a gallon of water from the rug. The rug took a day and a half to completely dry. We have had several heavy rains since and no wet rug. We will watch it.