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ews &Observer(Print Friendly) : http : //www . . ./sunday/front/Story/251362p.238012c . htnz1 http : // 152 . 52. 16 . 193/standing/help/tools/ scripts/friendly -print. cgi <br /> 37 <br /> " Our storm water rules are grossly outdated , " Royal said . <br /> Though homes and businesses occupy most of Chapel Hill , plenty of open land remains upstream of Eastgate , <br /> Camelot Village and the neighborhoods along Little Creek . Without a new approach , Royal said , the flooding will get <br /> worse . <br /> " It ' s such a large area ; over 15 square miles drains to this point , " Royal said . " The clock' s ticking . " <br /> At Eastgate Shopping Center , uneasy business owners have come up with their own crude defense . <br /> Twenty- nine 50 - pound bags of sand sit in neat stacks against the wall in front of the Somerhill Gallery . Most <br /> neighboring businesses also have their own supply of sandbags to help ward off the next flood . <br /> Twice since July , when the forecast called for rain , gallery employees barricaded the front door before leaving for the <br /> night , said assistant director Ryan James . <br /> " We just duct-taped around the door and piled up sand bags in front of it and hoped for the best , " James said . <br /> " When they ' re calling for heavy rain , you ' re not sure what you ' re going to find when you come in the next day . " <br /> Staff writer Richard Stradling can be reached at 829 =4739 or rstradli C nando . com <br /> [B ACK] <br /> 0 Copyright 2000 , The News & Observer. All material found on newsobserver . com is copyrighted The News & Observer and associated news <br /> services . No material may be reproduced or reused without explicit permission from The News & Observer. <br /> of 4 11 /27/2000 8 : 54 AM <br />