If it rains much more this year, people around the river where we used to live are going to need hip boots. I always kept a good pair of boots for when the weather was really tough and things got soggy. I though I wouldn't need them up here in the "burbs" where I live now, but rain like today really soaks up the ground, and gets things soggy. Plus the areas around the curbs, and the alley really get like a little stream of water going on. Too bad I left my boots at the old house. I'm going to have to make a quick trip down there this weekend and pick them up.