I stroll down the narrow, potholed lanes of the Brooklands area, whose flood-land status prohibits further planning.
And who is responsible for the deaths it left: individuals who made decisions that ended badly, or the government, whose flood-protection works proved to be nothing of the kind and whose evacuation plans were so sketchy?
On Road 9, Cilantro Coffee was closed but Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf were open, and the local Pizza Hut was fine — a stark contrast to the Tahrir branch, whose flooded interior has served as an illustration of downtown's ruin.
Rogelio Sánchez, who lives around the block from Wenceslao's bar, in the barrio of Santa Maria Aztahuacan, was one such resident whose home flood defenses collapsed on the second day of flooding last year.
The ambulances, the cop cars, even the Watertown utility truck whose giant flood lights had illuminated Tsarnaev's final hiding place were ushered through with grateful cheers.
And Mr. Benítez, playing big, rounded notes whose resonance flooded the band, swung hard against the crisp, percussive music.
Forensic engineers say it is too soon to know what happened with Deepwater Horizon, whose demise flooded the gulf with crude oil.
The president met with a bipartisan group of officials, including Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, whose mansion flooded, and Republican lieutenant-governor Billy Nungesser.
I've lost everything and have no insurance", or the homeowner whose home floods virtually every time we have heavy rain and now faces a premium of over £2,500.
Among them was Paul Tarry, the landlord of the Wagon and Horses pub in Lancaster, whose cellar flooded with around 14ft of water, forcing it to shut for three months until the end of February.
