The first they knew about it was when the water came through their front doors.
But it precludes escape on a day when the water is as flat as a millpond.
The village was also badly flooded in August, when the Water of Ruchill previously burst its banks.
Entire family clans set out to sea, usually in the spring and summer when the water was calm.
It's the extra heat released when the water vapor condenses that is like a driver flooring a car's accelerator.
And finally, when the water receded, there was over a meter or mud that they had to be wading through.
That could give scientists clues as to how, where and when the water flowed on the ancient surface of Mars.
"When the water was about up to my ankles, about two seconds later it was up to my chest, " he said.
Crabs and other marine invertebrates die when the water is too cold, because they cannot flush magnesium out of their systems.
Everyone is silent and finally cheers erupt when the water pours out.
It is normally submerged beneath two or three metres of water, but is exposed in dry years when the water level drops.
"I heard the horn honking when the water started rising, " he said.
Morganza Spillway now open, no one is quite sure when the water will arrive, frustrating some residents trying to plan their escape.
But this should not be the lament of the conservative investor, whose job includes knowing when the water is too dangerous to wade in.
When the water gets cold, from December to March, many head south again, fattening up on bluefish, menhaden and squid near shipwrecks off Hatteras Island and Morehead City.
When the water levels rise, air will be pumped into the barriers raising them up to block the tidal flow and protect the city from flooding.
"It's going to be a crying shame when the water goes down and they're actually going to see the damage they are going to have, " Hillis said.
They will be closed only for short periods of time and only during the winter when the water temperature and light are too low for algal blooms.
Sadly, due to the nature of the seawater, even when the water has dried, what is left of his split-level ranch-style home will still smell like the bay.
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"When the water drops a bit more, we'll be better able to do an assessment, but you can count on a very significant crop loss this year, " he says.
Some of the veterans and their families who were based in Camp Lejeune in the years when the water was contaminated will now have access to extended medical care.
My car was enveloped by the waves... luckily when the water receded, I managed to start it up and revved it to a hill slope about 100m from my house.
They got out early when the water started rising around their Long Island home in Massapequa, taking their 14-year-old daughter, three dogs and a rabbit to his parents' home farther inland.
It includes footage of the area after the storm, when the water receded and he finally had the opportunity to call Dookie and tell her that he -- and the cat -- survived Katrina.
"I don't know why everyone says that about my work, " replied the 77-year-old Mr. Graves, who famously decorated the Walt Disney headquarters with a frieze of seven dwarfs and topped an Alessi teakettle with a red bird that tweets an alert when the water boils.
"The man was fishing with a lure and he was casting a lure out into the water when the croc came up from under the water and snapped at his hand, " Mr Shean told The Cairns Post.
When the high water pressure is released after the fracturing of the shale, some 10 percent to 30 percent of the water comes back to the surface.
In Nepal for example the official figure for access to clean water is 80% of the population, but when the functionality of water systems is taken into account the coverage falls as low as 53%.
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