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In the image above, taken about 24 hours after the rain ended, the lower left is where the water goes under Watertown Road through a pipe that takes it to a direct discharge into Manklin Creek.
The upper center is where water from what looks to be an 18-inch pipe dumps into the small open area before going under Watertown to Manklin Creek.
Here's the problem: The 18-inch pipe dumping into the small open area is now running full, almost 24 hours after the rain stopped. One doesn't need a degree in drainage to know this 18-inch pipe cannot handle any large volume of rain as it is raining when the other end of the 18-inch pipe is fed by a 10-foot or so wide ditch with water flowing from a large area of Ocean Pines, perhaps including some area of the golf course.
Any reasonable person knows you cannot take a 10-foot wide flow of water and expect it to go into an 18-inch pipe. It can't. Result? Extreme flooding for homes along Granby Road.
The flooding could be greatly alleviated by installing larger or additional pipes at the point where the 10-foot ditch is currently funneled into a single small pipe; and similar additional pipes or larger pipe under Manklin Creek Road to the discharge at Manklin Creek.
It's time OPA stopped this almost 100% concentration on rebuilding amenities and put some additional emphasis on the property of association members. I have a feeling many areas of Ocean Pines could see flooding alleviated to some degree by proper maintenance and a little thought.
By the way, a solution at Granby Road does not require buying the Pine Shore Golf property.