Salt Creek Breaches It's Banks

clipped from www.cnn.com

Chicago seeks aid after worst rain in at least 137 years

• Story Highlights
• Records kept since 1871 say Saturday's rain marks worst in more than century
  
• Heavy rain more related to Tropical Storm Lowell in Pacific than Gulf Coast's Ike
  
• Commissioner: Chicago River flowed "down the 5000 block of North Monticello"
  
• Authorities say 90 billion gallons of water fell on the city's water district

OK. Only 33 more days to go with the raining for 40 days and nights. They *say* it's supposed to not rain tomorrow, that we will get a break for a couple days.

All I know is I'm not mentally prepared to never see the sun again. And now that the floodwaters are receding some of my neighborhood has a funny smell.

I bought sort-of-boots today. I'm not running around in the mud here in the 'burbs and really, clogs don't cut it for the terrain nor do my trusty Birkenstocks.

Here are some shots from our neighbourhood taken on Sunday, Sept 14,2008.  Pictured are houses adjacent to Salt Creek, which breached its banks (to different ends depending where among it's many miles you consider).

We got lucky. Plus, we didn't buy on a flood plain.