Bingo.
Last time we had a major flood, the river authority morons who sit behind their computer screens two hours away make the decisions. They didn't bother opening the dam gates below us but were warning about 23+ foot flooding. Then they opened the gates above us. Hellooooo! They filled us up like a bathtub. It's been the only time in 50 years we've had to evacuate and that was on our own because the equally moronic LEOs didn't believe there was flooding. Again, helloooo! The county line is 100 ft. from our house so we could see the emergency crews evacuating people. Our county? Naw. Nothing. Was told I didn't know what I was talking about. The next morning, they finally opened the down stream gates and there was someone's kitchen cabinets on our deck. At shift change or something, they closed the downstream gates and opened the upstream again. Geez! So, I called to holler that they were flooding us out again. I was standing on the porch looking at it and they had the nerve to tell me I didn't know what I was talking about. Rule #1 - In any emergency situation, you are on your own. Make the right decision for you and your family. Don't rely on emergency help.
It’s par for CaliPornia.
When I lived out there it was the first time in my life I had ever seen forested land without well maintained fire breaks. The state has been run incompetently for many many decades.
50 years ago, when I was young, I made a canal system for my garden.....nutsie but very cool.