FORT WORTH, Texas — Every single time it pours, Ken Kirkwood gets a pit in his stomach. It's not hard to see why.
"We're tired," he said Monday. "It's difficult to deal with this."
He shared time lapse video with WFAA of last Tuesday night when it was pouring rain. In the video, you see Kirkwood scrambling to put a flood wall around his home, racing against Mother Nature as floodwater made its way onto his Arlington Heights property in Fort Worth.
It's something he said he's had to do multiple times this year already.
"I can't speak for the other properties. But we are threatened every time a heavy rain occurs," Kirkwood said.
Other videos show a similar scene. The water was so high that night it could've crept into cars.
People shared these videos because the neighborhood is in the middle of a sort of "flood feud."
You see, the city of Fort Worth has offered to buy some of these affected homes, with plans to then demolish them for flood control.
"We've got a neighborhood in the city of Fort Worth that has very serious, chronic flooding and we want to do everything we can to try and relieve it," said Greg Simmons, who works in the city's stormwater department.
But the city's proposed solution hasn't been entirely popular. Some have worried on WFAA that demolishing homes in the charming, historic neighborhood and leaving green spaces behind will be detrimental. Simmons says some who are against the idea call his office to say the flooding issues have resolved themselves since the city installed new pipes and a retention pond.
But Simmons says these videos show otherwise.
"The reality is we knew all along even after doing these projects there’s still a serious flood risk that remains," he said.
As for Kirkwood, he's dreading the heavy rain predicted again this week.
"I see this every year, people who say they don’t have a flooding problem anymore are people that are never flooded to begin with," Kirkwood said.
He says the city can't buy his house fast enough.
"Imagine trying to be here at your home or close proximity every time you think you have to set up a flood wall like this," he said, "how it impacts your life."