God Willing And The Creek Don't Rise

Intersection of Avers and Carmen, Albany Park.

Seven Illinois counties have been declared disaster zones, and at least four people died in the Chicagoland area as a result of flooding this weekend. The American Red Cross has opened additional shelters on the Northwest Side, and clean-up efforts are already underway. [WBBM, Trib, AP]

Images of the massive, destructive flooding in Albany Park this weekend by Laura Gray.

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[1] | dopplerd

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?05536105

Wow! The normally sedate North Branch of the Chicago River is pushing over 22,000 gallons a second. That's an average suburban pool in a second!

Reply | September 15, 2008 3:44 PM

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[2] | fed up

George Bush dont care about middle class white people

Reply | September 15, 2008 8:04 PM

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[3] | Navin

That's true fed.

Reply | September 16, 2008 2:50 PM

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