Iowa woman old hand at surviving disasters and '08 flood no exception" - Catholic News Service, 7/21/08:

In 1985, a fire caused by spontaneous combustion in her attic chased her out of her house.

In 1991 and 1993, floods lapped up her basement steps and forced her to abandon her house.

Now, after the 2008 Iowa floods, Engelhardt admits they're the worst she's ever seen, but she's still coming back.

"Spontaneous combustion," not to be confused with "spontaneous human combustion" that folks of my generation grew up in fear of.