Tag: flooding

Leaves in Streets

If I own a house with a yard, I am responsible for what’s inside my property line. If I want my leaves raked, I need to rake them or get someone else to do it or they will remain on my lawn. In like fashion, my responsibility ends where my boundaries end. If my neighbor’s […]

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Flooding in Benin

A country of about nine million people to the west of Nigeria is experiencing the worst flooding in its history, and I have yet to hear about it in the American media. Allow me to introduce you to Benin. Benin is a little smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. More than a quarter of its […]

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