Forget the car, let's take the boat.

So if ya'll didn't know, the water and sewer systems in Savannah are ancient, along with everything else. The city will patch up one or two every couple of years, but a major overhaul would mean ripping the city apart. Now when it really rains here, several parts of Savannah flood. The historic district, Ardsley Park and Orin Heights, right in the middle of where we live. Usually it's just a few streets that flood, and that is no big deal, because no damage is done. This morning however we had some ferocious thunderstorms and we woke up to no power and our road flooded to the max. I spoke with a lot of our neighbors that have been here longer than we have, and they told me that they haven't seen it this bad in years. So of course Brent-Boy, my big bass fisherman redneck, decided that he would take a ride in our little Jon boat down our street. I have to say I was a little embarrassed, but all the neighbors got a kick out of it. So as bad as the flood was, even though it did minor damage to a few houses and some cars, we had a morning of meeting the neighbors, and some good ol' southern hospitality. It's been thundering off and on, and we've had a slight drizzle here and there, and we've been checking the weather like crazy. It looks as though some storms are moving in again, but hopefully they'll skip us. Even though we got flooded, we got the rain that we so desperately needed. Here are some pictures from this morning, and yes I was out walking in it. In fact it was like a neighborhood party in the rain.