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This summer I have seen more rain than any year before in my life. I grew up accustomed to terms like “insipid drought,” not swollen rivers or floods. Monday afternoon, David was trying to drive back into the city and what would have been a 45 minute drive turned into hours, as the the rain pounded down, I-85 flooded and was closed. I didn’t realize it had gotten much worse than that until I saw photos from the AJC Tuesday morning. So, when the New York Times called and asked me to meet a reporter and try to hop a boat into a flooded home in Buckhead, I obliged.