GARLAND — After flooding rains last spring led to serious damage in a Garland neighborhood, residents say they're hoping this coming spring is drier than last.
Just past Duck Creek on Garland's Glenbrook Drive, sits the stately white house that neighbor Teresa West couldn't forget.
"It just really stands out," she said. "We've walked by this house so many times going to the park and we've always loved it."
So did the family that used to call it home.
Last June, 17-year-old Prescott King walked News 8's cameras through the house he'd lived in since birth. The one that was unrecognizable after Duck Creek rose from its banks and into the living room.
"Everything was layered with a quarter inch to an inch of mud," he said.
The city confirmed May's rain marked a 100-year flood in the area, and it forced the Kings to move out. That gave West the chance to move in.
"We talked about it a lot and debated the pros and cons," West said. "We're just hoping it's another 100 years [before it floods again]."
Five months in, and her four kids love happily playing creekside. West says they have no regrets. But, there have been hurdles.
Like more high water, that rose to her fence line the night of the December 26th tornado, and a search for flood insurance wasn't easy or cheap.But ask her if she's worried about more rain.
"Makes you a little nervous but, [shrugs]," she said.Her shrug makes it clear that, for her, living where you can hear the hum of rushing water is work the risk.