It's been about a week since the Coyote Creek spilled it's banks and flooded portions of San Jose, some parts are still in the early clean up mode following the water receding and being pumped out of areas. It also notable in that also wound up flooding 101 in multiple locations (Morgan Hill was the other area where 101 flooded) Granted we do not experience flooding or excessive rain on this level all the time, it does happen in California and San Jose has flooded in the past, especially in the mid 1990s when the Guadalupe River spilled it's banks and flooded parts of Downtown.  It just took me how unprepared not only we were on the whole but how our transportation systems across the area were so impacted and led to road closures, road washouts and sinkholes. I kept wondering how come we did not have this planned out more to at least make the impact to our transportation infrastructure as great as it was, of course it is mother nature and we can't fully control it, but it does leave cause for concern with the way our infrastructure was hit from this flooding and heavy rains.