We had quite a rain Friday with a few limbs down in the back yard but no flooding. In the 39 years we have lived here it has never flooded and even when it rains hard enough to flood the street a little bit it subsides quickly to the bayou behind our house.
Yes, really. Before I got my B.S.E.E. I was working as an engineering tech to pay for my classes. We used Ty-raps in the electronic boxes we were building at the time in the oil patch. Before that all of the ties were with flat, black cord. They were misery. Ty-raps were saviors to me! ;-)
As an aside, the day I brought my sheepskin to my boss my pay immediately, literally doubled and he said, “Now get back to work,” and I never had to touch a Ty-rap ever again! LOL