On Saturday August 31 1996, Elvis Hargrove of (1:397/6) wrote to Russ 
Williams:
 EH> Seriously, when we have bad weather we generally have a FLOOD associated
 EH> with it. We got troubles enough trying to keep the water out of the
 EH> HOUSE without having a dang HOLE under it to fill up and waste a lot of
 EH> time trying to keep IT dry.  It's so flat around here the water has no
 EH> place to flow TO!  I had three inches in my back yard a few minutes ago!
I'd seriously be considering building a mini-dike. Raise the level of the 
ground around the perimeter of your property.
RYL,
    Chris
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