If the 19th century had the optimistic spectacle of a barn raising, the 20th had its opposite, "Trailer Park Flood" by Richard Artschwager.
After Tulsa, Oklahoma, bought and removed more than 800 flood-damaged homes and vulnerable buildings and turned the floodplain into a park, flood insurance rates dropped 25%.
@hi_im_abi tries to see the bright side of the car park floods:.
Three months later, Mariners Cove Mobile Home Park flooded again when Tropical Storm Hermine took a swipe at Tampa Bay.
"Massive Cookout Thrown In Park Where Cops Were Called On Black Family BBQ," from HuffPost: "Two weeks after a white woman called the police on a black family for setting up a charcoal grill in an Oakland, California, park, area residents threw a massive cookout in the same park, flooding the area with music, food, dancing and unity.
A study released in Oakland by the advocacy group Environmental Defense suggests that the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, flooded in the 1920's as a reservoir for San Francisco, could be restored without jeopardizing most water and hydroelectric power supplies.
League Two club Carlisle were also affected, with Brunton Park flooded, and Saturday's game against Notts County will be at Preston's Deepdale ground.
Two weeks after a white woman called the police on a black family for setting up a charcoal grill in an Oakland, California, park, area residents threw a massive cookout in the same park, flooding the area with music, food, dancing and unity.
Travel to the Silverstone grand prix was severely disrupted last week after the car parks flooded and the Great Yorkshire show was cancelled because of the weather for the first time in its 154-year history.
But it admitted others raised concerns on issues including pricing, parking, flooding and the tower's design.
About 1,000 residents from Cogenhoe Mill caravan park and Billing Aquadrome, in the Nene Valley, were forced to leave their homes in November, after both parks flooded.
