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Originally Posted by Billy1
Look for storm water drains in your back yard, most are overgrown with grass. Clear them to prevent flooding. I cleaned three this morning, found them about fifty steps apart. I did not have three drains in my yard but cleaned others near my home. It would be beneficial to clean all near your home.
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I’m buying a courtyard villa. Most of the courtyard is concrete, probably close to 90%. It is of course flat (or is it sloped slightly toward the street?). It’s not unusual to get 5 inches of rain here in an hour or two. I currently live in a house with larger lawn, and most rain soaks into the grass and sand and the rest runs out to the street and gutters. But in a courtyard, is flooding from a heavy rain ever a problem? Should I carry flood insurance for that? What if we got another Hurricane Irma that dropped 12”?