Chez Augustin

There was one thing I was always sure of: of all the disasters and calamities that could befall me, flooding was not one of them. We live and work on both sides of the dividing water line very near the top of a hill. But I was underestimating the ability of nature to fight back against urban encroachment.

What follows is meant to be a light-hearted account of the flooding of my business premises. It is written mostly for my friends and family who might care about the details. More importantly, it is written with the full awareness that I was very lucky, and that on the same day, in the same city, the situation was much more dramatic for thousands of other people. But the most important of all is that I would like to spread awareness about long term solutions, and about ongoing campaigns to promote them.