Nah, it's not me
syc, but it just as well could have been...
Monday night the water on my street was almost knee-deep, and that has
never happened here before (at least in the last four years since I moved in). In fact it has never risen over the curb, even last year during the floods from tropical storm Allison. Although Houston is pancake flat, my house is on an imperceptible rise which actually puts it outside the 100-year flood plain. A mile down the road they MUST purchase flood insurance.
This problem is getting worse and it's not going away. It's what happens when you carpet 1000 square miles with concrete and don't provide adequate drainage.
On the other hand, it might be a good excuse to buy that boat I've had my eye on
