dunno what your news isn't covering, but we got a chitload of water ... from here, I'd say if we can make it through the next 48 hours without some catastrophe(s), we've got a chance to come out OK ... one of the big problems is that the state government is so completely fu**ed up, they've spent a boatload of $$ on pointless bullchit rather than maintain infrastructure ... used to be, we had the best highways, best schools and state of the art infrastructure .... now, we've got unsustainable debt, and our former top-drawer state has now sunk to Lone Wolf quality ... if we do experience catastrophic problems from flooding, we'll be totally screwed ...