When it rain, it floods

It rained yesterday. It was not a heavy rain; just a normal rain. Texas, however, was designed to concentrate and focus all runoff such that the water does not actually run off. It does not soak into the ground either. It simply piles up. How a little spring shower leaves four inches of water on the roads is beyond me.

Luckily, Texan have spent a inordinate amount of time preparing for the occasional rain. They build runoff features into everything. The neighborhoods have nice attractive concrete spillways built through them. They are dry 95% of the time. When it rains they become raging torrents that could sweep away unwary children and pickup trucks.

One the other hand it is fun to make a wake with my car. I was throwing out eight foot high waves to either side on my way to see a friend. Great fun if you are an averaged kid like myself.

In other news, I wrote this company offering to work for free. No bite so far.

Sam's Summary

• It rained
• The flood drains filled up
• No reports of missing people or objects... so far.
• I got to splash through the puddles they call roads.
• I am the Dallas king of 21 tip-in. After 5 games.