Advice on covering basement floor?

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In our basement, we have set down various area rugs. We use area rugs in our house on top of hardwood flooring and even some carpeted areas to help with wear and tear. So the beat up ones went into the basement.

And when the basement floods (every 5 years or so) we drag them upstairs, lay them on the driveway, hose them off and dry them on the fence.

I've never had luck with finished basements. Never.