Tropical Storm Fay

We are still here though a little soggy at the moment. Fay has dumped around 8 inches of rain on us so far with another couple of inches predicted before it exits the scene. The house is fine but the yard is a lake. Ditches are overflowing everywhere and some roads are flooded. I will probably have to wade through several inches of water to get to the car so I can go to work Monday. It is the first day for the students here so staying home is not an option for me. Backstroke, anyone?

This Is Freaking Progress??????

I woke up this morning to the charming knocking on the front door by a workman from R.B. Baker Company. He said that they were going to tear out our concrete culvert and put in their stormwater system. This is a photo of them tearing out the old pipe. Lovely, isn't it? Our ditch managed to shunt water through several hurricanes and numerous tropical storms with no real problem. If their 'improved system' is as successful as it is in front of the subdivision down the street, we are going to flood every time it sprinkles.