Hahahaha no, the pumps are barely at capacity for a storm right now because half of them are like 100 years old and take a really weird voltage that can only be

Hahahaha no, the pumps are barely at capacity for a storm right now because half of them are like 100 years old and take a really weird voltage that can only be supplied by the Sewerage & Water Board's generators. One of which has been waiting on repairs since like last summer. I can't recall the exact reasons it's taking so long, I know it's a combination of "barely anyone even knows how to make the replacement part", "city's broke", and waves vaguely at all the supply chain mess caused by covid. (One of our major industries is tourism, though a lot of that money gets siphoned off to the pockets of the tourist board. Mardi Gras 2020 was the last gasp of that before covid. We normally have a shit-ton of festivals all year round that draw people in to spend money. They've all been cancelled.) And the roads are always sinking, the city's built on swamp. There will never be a time where the roads (or something under them) do not need maintenance. I'm sure the money crunch ain't helping that get done in a sane timeframe either. Also "hurricane season" is like half the year normally, and the past several years have had it well underway in the preceding month.