The building we go to church in is on a road that is very susceptible to flooding. Even when it is dry the potholes are so deep that you can easily scrape the bottom of your car as you drive into them. When it rains these convert from potholes to pond-holes!
To get to church on Sunday I had to request one of the Land Rovers that we have for trips to and from the airport, not one of the armored ones, but the ones the police ride in while they provide our escort. I had gone to the church for an activity on Saturday and we barely made it down the road, so Sunday I took no chances. I’m not sure exactly what had happened to this car, but it was clear it was not going anywhere!
Here is a good view down one of the side roads into a housing area. People here are pretty used to this, they just fold up their pants or hitch up their skirt and wade right through.
It was actually very beneficial to have the Land Rover, especially since it rained quite a bit while we were in the church. Even if we had taken the car and actually made it to the church, getting out would have been another story.
This bus had bottomed out on the edge of one of the pond-holes. I felt cruel for snapping this picture and not helping the guy, but I would be scared to wade in this water, I’m sure the locals have some natural immunities and tolerances that I don’t posses. I would only go into this water if I had a pair of hip waders on, which wouldn’t be a bad thing to have here this time of year!
A lot of the areas around the church are prone to flooding. Here is a picture I snapped on the way back to the flat, as you can see the rain causes some serious issues here.
Now before I close this out I want to show you some pictures of the grassy field that is across from the church……
You can see the field can’t you?!?
It looks like our property value should have gone up, we now have church on Lakefront property!
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