To drive . . . or not to drive

We opted not to drive in this flood . . . many of the roads were also flooded, not just our parking lot! Two weeks ago, we had such a storm - lightening, thunder, torrential downpour - and it lasted for several hours on Sunday morning. The drainage system must have been clogged with debris and pine needles - the water level in the parking lot kept rising - until finally, something broke loose and all the water began pouring down the drain (as you see in the picture below). The water came up over the curb, over the speed bumps, up onto the grass - almost up to our neighbor's knees! That's what you get when you live in a city below sea level!

Here is our (crazy) neighbor . . . contemplating a swim?

Here is picture during the storm . . . as you see, the water is creeping up our tires.

As Dr. Fox would say at Tulane, . . . Unbelievable!