This is the small creek in the back of our property.  It's just this side of the chain link fence you can barely see past the trees.  It's out of it's banks.  

The creek has to rise maybe 4 or 5 feet to get out of it's banks.

Taken out of our basement door.  You can see the neighbors shed to the left.  Water has surrounded it.

Bad photography?  No, the clouds were so dark and the rain so heavy it looks like night time.

Taken from our front door.  Our neighbors driveway.  You can see the water coming over the retaining wall.