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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taylor_fox16d ago

That downpour in April was so bad it washed my trash cans halfway down the block.

casey90916d ago

Remember when that storm blew my grill into the pool?