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Pelican trust, I have the following issue... whenever it rains, more than say a couple of inches, my yard floods... I live on a corner lot on a dead end street. I have drainage ditches bordering two sides of my property... The drainage ditch out front is the main ditch that funnels water out of the neighborhood. One of the problems is that I have a church next door and they (church or city) put in a 10-12" pipe in the ditch and covered it to make the church parking lot which is directly connected to the street. This pipe is not large enough to funnel out all of the neighborhoods water so it backs up into my yard.. I purchased this house in 2003 and have complained since then about this issue.. I have been told "you have low property" "we will look into it" "we are putting in for federal funds to resolve the issue". If you remember the pictures that I posted with hurricane Dolly, it will give you a good idea of what I put up with... Right now we have ankle deep water in our yard due to about 3-4 inches of rain over night and it is still raining. I am pi$$ed and feel that I have no recourse than to sue.. But I don't even know if that is the proper solution.. Many neighbors have added truckloads of dirt to elevate their properties to fend off the water which pushes it more my way... My yard is quite a bit larger than the others and I cannot afford to do this at this time nor do I feel that I should have to due to the problem being caused by the drainage situation... I went to city hall today and the city administrator is supposed to get back with me sometime today.. (just like the dog catcher was supposed to bring a possum trap to the house, I eventually just shot the thing....) Well, any ideas would be appreciated... we have been documenting the flooding with pictures over the last year or so...