Flood

After a long period of summer, it appears autumn has now arrived. With massive downpours. I was watching some television earlier tonight when I noticed my oak floor was shinier than usual. On closer inspection it turned out the alley in front of the house was flooded with about 30cms of water, with nowhere to go it was now making it's way into my kitchen. :-(

I formed a dam with towels and once the rain stopped it retreated from my home. I've got a fan aimed at the floor, hoping the damp won't do any damage. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Update: looks like I wasn't alone, a different part of town was worse of. There's now a discussion about opening up some of the canals to better handle extra water in the inner city in the future.