Recently there has been major flooding in Houston, TX, USA. People >> friends << lost their homes because they were not equipped with a sufficent warning system. The daily news has not been able to provide necessary real time and high resolution data on the rising water level around their homes. They have lost everything! FLOODS happen anywhere on Earth. Our unique approach is to combine Internet of Things (IoT) sensor data on water levels and satellite imagery from NASA's MODIS program with rea