Jared McNett 10 hrs ago In just the past few years, Mason City resident Larold Robinette estimates that his home in the town's Eastbrooke neighborhood has had more than two feet of water get in from downpours. When asked whether or not ongoing storm water mitigation by the city and Henkel Construction will help lessen or eliminate future damage from heavy rains, Robinette's answer was six words. "I hope to hell it does," Robinette said. Jared McNett / Jared McNett, Globe Gazette Machinery from Henkel Construction sits in a diversion ditch that's been shaped to carry water in the Eastbrooke neighborhood to nearby Ideal Creek.