So our tiny little township is about to get whacked by floods again...so this morning, I took a drive down the road that always floods first, as an informal "look and see" for any obvious hazards and to talk with the residents.

Yards were clear of furniture, garages empty, boats secured and the entire area was as flood-ready as it is possible to make short of removing the homes from the area. People were covering their wellheads with plastic shrink-rap, one guy was having his septic tank pumped out "just to keep the area clean afterward" and I basically had nothing to do.

Makes the job easy when you have people who have been there and done that in emergencies.