yeah the town i live in(hattieburg) floods anytime it rains. I think its because south mississippi and the lousiana area are so close to sea level teh water has no where to go. So its not a good idea for cai. If your worried about hydrolock do what i did get a short ram intake. Too bad it took me 800 bucks to figure out that there not much difference in the intakes. Well not 800 bucks worth.