so there was a lot of rain this weekend and my wife and i were worried because there were indications that water was pooling on the roof. it became my job to go to the roof and investigate.
i couldn't do that, though, because apparently someone tried to break in through the hatch on the roof. they didn't get in but they did bend the slide-bolt badly enough that i also couldn't get out.
my next-door neighbor also couldn't get to her roof because the last contractor to seal their roof also decided to tar their roof-hatch shut but i eventually did find a neighbor who had roof access i could use
i went up to the roof and this is what i found: a clogged drain and a mini swamp. there was a clump of mud and a plant in the drain but i foolishly removed it before taking the picture 
beyond just being a lot of standing water which i hope has not caused permanent damage, it clearly had been there for a while and was basically some water over a thick layer of mud and compost
i have no idea how i'm going to get all the residual organic crap off of the roof because i still can't get up there without annoying my neighbors again
i also unplugged the drain on my neighbor's roof but because his house is designed slightly differently i also ... um ... flooded the roof of an extension on his house. i had to ask him to give me access to that part of his house to unfuck what i did. he was cool about it.
