This morning, Park Ave in Portsmouth was completely flooded between Mason and Cottage Avenues, with at least hubcap-deep water that prompted some residents to drive out over the Escape Bridge, and made a mess of the school bus pickups.

Why wasn't there a mandatory evacuation? Answer: This is just business as usual, and has been for quite some time. And I certainly don't expect THIS Council to do anything about it. The only things they care about in Island Park are sewers and arsenic. Real actual public safety problems? Not so much.

It reminded me of this recent cartoon in The Oatmeal, which is really worth a click.