Yep. One spring in Colorado the high water in a creek normally about ankle-deep took out a couple of bridges in our suburban neighborhood. They were never rebuilt--a long story.

That is one of the curious things about Colorado--creeks that are about shin deep 11 months of the year, bank full for a few days, and then subside back to shin deep.

But guess what? It isn't just in snow country that people love to build in flood plains. Have a look at Houston.