system
devastated: Last year in the spring, we got record rainfall and my basement got flooded. Many of my childhood things and photo albums were destroyed.
human
Last year during the spring, our area got record rainfall. My basement ended up getting flooded and destroying many of my childhood things and keepsakes.
gpt
That's the worst! Because now you'll be freaking out trying to think of the things you may not even remember whether or not could have been there. That must be an anxious feeling. 
human
It really is, it just sucks losing all of those things. They were like my connection to the past.
gpt
Yeah, I'm not quite a hoarder or a packrat when it comes to those things, but I do get sentimental with some physical objects. If I lost them, I'd feel like it would be an itch I couldn't scratch, because I couldn't replace what I lost. Hopefully you can work past it somehow.