The chance of severe weather and possible flooding doesn't sit well with people living in one southeast Houston neighborhood.  Just two weeks ago, waist-high water flooded their homes and streets.

Residents have been working non-stop, pulling out Sheetrock and inspecting insulation in several units. Many of the first floor tenants have relocated to other apartments because their units remain under construction.

Houston City Councilmember Wanda Adams said crews have been cleaning out inlets in the area.  Harris County Flood Control is now looking in the area and officials with METRO said crews cleaned up areas around Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Griggs Road, including the drains. 

High water in the area flooded many units at the Royal Palms apartment complex after that massive storm.  Water backed up into several homes, ruining everything inside.

"The water was pretty high, at least waist deep," said Daisy Guicon.

Guicon lives on the second floor and isn't too worried about possible flooding, but her neighbors are. She said many were taking precautions.

"Better safe than sorry," she said. "Pretty much everybody is trying to find somewhere to go."

The city blamed at least part of the problem on a culvert that runs under the Union Pacific railroad nearby.  Officials with Union Pacific said the culvert did not fail.  Instead, it was crimped, keeping water from flowing and water coming from the other direction helped it back up.

"We have found that this area was already flooded because of the street flooding.  The street ... the water began to come up on the streets and it started entering the properties and then after that, Cullman Gully began to come out of its banks," said Raquel Espinoza of Union Pacific. "I don't think anything was done wrong.  I think that what happened was basically an act of God.  Houston received a lot of water in a very short amount of time and our drainage system just was not prepared to receive that kind of water in such a short amount of time."

The railroad said it plans to have people on standby should there be a problem in the near future.

The Harris County Flood Control District is suggesting families create an emergency kit containing batteries, flashlights, dry clothes, and rain gear.