This is the house I lived in for 37 years in Florida. The red minivan is mine. The entire neighborhood is flooded as there is a drainage canal behind the house that I was standing in when I took this picture. When a serious rainstorm comes the drainage canal not only doesn't work, but the overflow from the everglades flows back up the canal and floods the neighborhood. This happened once or twice a year and anytime a hurricane or tropical storm dropped several inches of rain in the 'glades. Flood insurance was subsidized and cheap $150 / year.
Despite the flooding, the mailman ran his route.
Here, I have had the creek overflow and flood much of the back yard, but no water has gotten into the house.....yet.
Despite the flooding, the mailman ran his route.
Here, I have had the creek overflow and flood much of the back yard, but no water has gotten into the house.....yet.
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George -- I think we are getting used to it. I had our gutters reinforced last summer as the verocity of the rain up here in CLE is beyond historical
Is that a Mercury Comet?
I haven't seen one of those since, since, since... the early 80s... wow...
Yes, that's a 1977 Mercury Comet. The homeowner's boyfriend was a Ford fanatic. It started up and drove after the water subsided. The brakes took a while to dry out. The cars with bags over their heads are all 1960's Mustang convertibles. The two grey covers house an immaculate 1964 original restoration and a 1968 daily driver. There was also a 1970 mustang in a state of partial disassembly out of the picture to my right. The car under the blue bag is my 1966 convertible.
Oddly all the Mustangs were clean and water free inside after the storm, but the green 1999 Pontiac Sunfire convertible hiding behind the minivan was flooded despite being shielded from most of the wind and rain. Water ran out of the car when I opened the door. That car was such a POS that we only put 4000 miles on it in the two years we had it, because it was always at the dealership dead. We traded it in on a used 1999 Mustang convertible which went trouble free for 9 years until I sold it.
