Anyone know how to build an ark?

Last night we had a horrific thunderstorm.  Officially we had over 10 inches of rain.  Our rain gauge overflowed at 6 inches so I'm not sure, but I bet it was at least that amount.  There was thunder and lightening and flash flood warnings all night.  Fortunately, it did not flood here, but it did in many parts of Houston.  The day before, there had been a major flood in the hill country.  My brother-in-law Ches (Val's brother) has a vacation house in Wimberly in that area.  They were there for the Memorial day weekend and his neighbor called and woke him.  He looked out the window and the water had come up to his deck.  The little creek he is on had risen over 40 feet in an hour.  About 300 houses were washed away.  Not sure how many deaths.  

Also when we got up today, saw this on our bank going down to the lake out our back door.  I think we had an alligatornado come through.

 We are planning on leaving here on Saturday for the trip to California.  We will stop for a couple of days in Santa Fe and a couple of days in Sedona before heading out to dry, dry California.  With all the smart people in California, why can't someone figure out how to normalize the water in this country??