When the flood comes

I've often been on the edge of climate-related disasters; this time we're in the middle of one

I suppose I first realized things might get ugly when my trusty weather forecasting app informed me not only that it would rain for three days straight, but in a single 24-hour period, Zeus would pelt the Thessaly region of Greece, where we live, with more than five inches of precipitation.

Five inches of rain. In one day.

That’s about the same amount Gr…