Rain, Rain, Make My Day

I live in the desert. Since it is a desert, one would think the local cities would not invest heavily in drainage systems. You would be surprised.

There are literally hundreds of miles of drains. They mark out the valley in big squares, like a checkerboard. We certainly couldn't do without them. It floods here every time it rains.

It's a good thing we can get our money's worth though, since it does only really rain about three times a year. They paint lines down the middle of the drains. Most of the time we call them roads.