I have no idea where the water came from.
I was cleaning dishes one minute, then my ankles, then my knees. The electricity left quickly, and the pressure swelled the front door.
I ran upstairs with the kids as the living room submerged in brown water. My phone was d3ad. I tried to calm them, but I was shaking.
I heard thumping in the rain and broken quiet. Window-mounted. A light beam. Waist-deep in floodwater, a man in a bright yellow coat shouts, “I’m here—just pass them to me!”