Drainage Ditches

Recently there were heavy rains in Dallas, Texas.
The water poured from the sky for hours.
This happened for a few days.
And the clever engineers had crafted ways to make it go away.
There was no flooding and the roadways continued to carry vehicles.

Previously I wrote about the sanitary sewers.
They take the waste of the bathroom away.
Then there are storm sewers that take this rain water away.
Both of those are silent servant systems.

This led me to recall the house where I grew up.
There was a drainage ditch along the front of the property.
During most rain storms the open drainage ditch worked well.
When it rained for days there was some minor flooding.
It was fascinating as a kid to watch the streams of water exit the area.

So I am thinking that drainage ditches are some of the original silent servants.
These orderly depressions in the terrain have been serving humans for thousands of years.

I see you there silent servants.