On a rainy day around Kansas City, most people reach for an umbrella. But those who live and work in an unincorporated area of Jackson County that some call Dogpatch brace themselves for much worse.
Roads become undrivable as pools of water rise.
At the intersection of East 23rd Street Trafficway and Television Place in Blue Summit — also known as Dogpatch, right on Kansas City’s border and west of Independence — stormwater gathers in heavy rain, blocking access to several local businesses…