With storms, there's the risk of rising waters, and in Brookside, there's rising frustration.
People who live there are upset about the constant flooding in the area of Huntington Drive and Brookside Boulevard.
Over the years they've come to call it Lake Brookside.
"We didn't know we were buying lakefront property," Terry Allen, one of the homeowners, said.
Whenever there's a downpour, Allen must act quickly.
"If you're not fast enough moving your car out of the way, you're screwed," Allen said.
He said a few years ago the city installed new large pipes along Huntington Drive. But those lines feed into the smaller system at Brookside Boulevard. When there's a five-year rain event like on Sunday night, there's no place for the water to go.
"People will try to get through it and many times they have been stranded," Allen said.
Even a city bus couldn't make it last June when firefighters did a number of high water rescues down the street.
"When it does go down, they get vortexes and the sewer lids haven been blown off and it could suck a person down," Allen said.
The water department told 41 Action News they know about the problem. However, a spokeswoman said it would cost $50 million to fix the flooding issues in Brookside and the money isn't there. It's an answer that leaves many residents frustrated.
"You sit and you wait, you think they're going to come and fix it and it doesn't happen," Allen said.
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Andres Gutierrez can be reached at andres.gutierrez@kshb.com
