Hell, it's not like there's a lot you can do to fight back against rising water, above a certain point.

I too sympathize with those who stayed and fought and won -- as one of them told me about receiving the mandatory evac call, "Well, we're not the "mandatory" type. At the time I thought it was conceited of him to put his family at risk, but despite that, I understood his passion for a house he basically designed from the ground up. At the same time, misestimating the situation can ruin your lifetime, as witness the two charred corpses found in an outbuilding where they had gone to try to escape the flames that surrounded them. Hard way to go.

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