About 30 years ago we went on a road trip from CA to KS. Took a day trip down to Springfield, MO and was amazed. For the better part of an hour, all we saw was water. Everything in Missouri was flooded so badly that it was just half of houses sticking out of the water every now and then. Some were all the way under. It was like driving out to the Florida Keys or something - just a little land bridge and then.....water in every direction. Really made me become a believer in: don't live in a basin, or in flood plains. Choose a plateau or slope, even if it's just a little one.

About 30 years ago we went on a road trip from CA to KS. Took a day trip down to Springfield, MO and was amazed. For the better part of an hour, all we saw was water. Everything in Missouri was flooded so badly that it was just half of houses sticking out of the water every now and then. Some were all the way under. It was like driving out to the Florida Keys or something - just a little land bridge and then.....water in every direction. Really made me become a believer in: don't live in a basin. Live in flood plains or a basin. Choose a plateau or slope, even if it's just a little one.