Chicagoist: Rain, Rain, Go Away!

shylobisnett

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:38:12 -0600

Parts of Albany Park received a good response, Albanyparkour. The block of Monticello and Argyle got the bulk of the sandbags long after their block had flooded, leaving Harding and Carmen and Avers and Carmen totally hosed until Sunday a.m., even though proactive response on Sat aft. would have saved dozens of basements. Apparently, the city ran out of sandbags. I watched six sand trucks show up loaded with sand, but no bags, much to the bemusement of a streets & san worker.

Albanyparkour

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:34:51 -0600

The city's response has been pretty good, though Albany Park/North Park have a pretty large city employee population so it's not just altruism at work here. The river just exploded in some parts of the area the other night. The rain was so constant for so long the system was just over-run. Foster and Pulaski are just gone. It's very weird.

everydayisdayone

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:41:34 -0600

Absolutely.

smussy

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:37:27 -0600

and even despite all this rain (and we'll get more when we get the remants of ike), i have to keep thinking ... this is nothing compared to what the people in TX got. man.

everydayisdayone

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:54:15 -0600

The flooding in Albany Park is insane. Block after block is barricaded by cops because the water is so high on both sides of the river. My neighbors, who have lived in the same house for 50 years, said they had not seen the river flood this bad here ever.