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Vent: My neighbor's flooded basement in Cincinnati last spring made me get serious about rain barrels
We got that crazy downpour in April, and his place took on like 6 inches of water because the city drains just couldn't keep up. I was helping him pump it out, and it hit me that all that water just ran off our roofs and yards straight into the overloaded system. The next day, I bought two 55-gallon barrels and hooked them up to my downspouts. It's not a huge fix, but catching that runoff for my garden feels like actually doing something instead of just worrying. Anyone else in a rainy area set up something similar and have tips for the winter?
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riverhill6mo ago
Always thought rain barrels were silly until seeing @taylor_fox's trash cans float away.
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