The Great Flood of Aught Nine

So yesterday afternoon it started to rain (and thunder and lightning).  And it didn't really stop.  I figured we might start running into trouble when I noticed that the water running down the street was hitting the back of a car parked in front of our house and pouring into the yard.  We live on a park, just up the road from a little stream, and neighbors across the street are actually in a flood plain.  So when I saw them walking down barefoot to look back at the park, I thought we might have