Flooding!
 

Serious flooding in the Chicago area today. Rivers flooded, several interstates flooded, streets flooded everywhere, schools closed. I can't get to work because I can't get to the train platform (tunnel under the tracks flooded, roads to the other side flooded, fence blocks the tracks on the top). Worst I've seen it in years. And it's still raining like hell.

Post a picture.

Can't see any major streets from my house, but this lake is normally a golf course. Normally no standing water at all. We've had about 5" of rain.

And here in Liberty, my pond is still 2 feet low from the drought

Wow, that's a lot of water. Is your house safely situated on high ground?

Yeah, I'm good. Nothing standing near me. I probably should check the basement, though.

my pond's about full again. salt river's out big time. lots of trouble due to power outages today.
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There's a retention pond up the street, it's higher than I've ever seen it in the 12 years I've lived here. It might overtake the street if this keeps up.

I'm watching the local news right now, flooding everywhere. It's crazy.

At least you have a pond.

I haven't gotten 5" total accumulated over the last 10 months.

I wish you'd pipe that out here.

In all seriousness, stay safe bud. It doesn't look like it's done yet.

You're welcome to it.

We're supposed to get another 2" as well.

By the way, can you go the CBOT and tell all those bastard traders that there is no way the farmers can plant corn in the I states for at least 3 weeks? That'd be great. Thanks.

Thanks. Shouldn't impact me directly, other than being stuck at home.

As someone that went through the 2010 floods (4 feet of water in my house) in Nashville my thoughts to you and yours. Hope you can stay dry.

Ouch. I won't have anything to deal with anything like that. Not in or close to a flood plain.

Do you have a pool and a pond?

I am about 20 miles northeast of Frazod, and it's crazy. They cancelled all schools in my town (first "rain day" that I can remember) and are handing out sandbags to people. Luckily I am near the top of a hill so standing water isn't a huge concern.

Last night I got really freaking lucky though. It had been raining so much so I decided to check on my sump pump and noticed the backup sump had been running. Upon further inspection, the primary sump had crapped out (only two months old). Luckily, the plumber that installed it came out within 20 minutes and installed a new one. Given that at 4 am this morning, both sumps were running nonstop, it's a lifesaver that I got that primary replaced or I would be doing laps in my basement right now.

Rain totals now approaching 7" in some suburbs. Oak Brook with 6.69" according to Channel 5.

The 25' deep pond I built last fall had about 3' of water in it over the winter. It filled to the overflow pipe last night.

Pond would probably be better for you...

6.14" in Naperville.

Send some of that down here.

I know, right? The rain we’ve been getting has helped with the draught conditions but we’re still behind on rainfall.
Here’s a handy site that keeps track of the water level, flow into and out of Redman which is feeds the Neosho.

http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/JOHN.lakepage.html

Even with all this rain it still hasn't filled the conservation pool, that got down to <40% of capacity last summer, and we need to be up in the flood control pool.

At least you're getting rain. We've been behind massively too, and we're not catching the rain that they are east of Great Bend.

We are lucky that were are getting the soft rains. I mean its been everyday, but not inches upon inches.
My lake finally filled up and looks so much better. Keeping a close eye on the river levels though. If it continues going up I got to clean my basement out to prepare for the floods.

Best site to track river levels.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/forecasts.php?wfo=dmx

We are in pretty good shape out here.

I emptied my 5 inch rain gauge again this morning, as it was full and overflowing. I had emptied yesterday as well. The water was starting to breach the curb this morning, then the village diverted the water drainage and it went down right away.

My lawn should be pretty nice this year, as we have been getting lots of rain now for three weeks. Fortunately we had a couple of nice weekends that allowed me to get the yard work done for spring.

Rausch's basement is also flooding.

Went to get on CP yesterday (barefoot) and noticed floor was wet. Suspected alcohol abuse but as I walked around I noticed I had about a 4 ft area of carpet that was soaked after 3 straight days of rain.

:cuss:

Purchased shop vac and wife spent 3 hours sucking up water while I pretended to take 2.5 to cook "fish soup."

Wife thought fish soup was too spicy - complained even more.

:cuss:

Today more rain (between 1.5 and 3 before the sun sets) and once again wet spot is there waiting to be sucked up.

:cuss:

Wife refuses to use the shop vac because it's my turn. Wife does not realize the fun husband will have tearing out the ceiling, walls, and floor in an effort to find where this leak is once the deluge is over and the pure joy of fixing the problem and replacing what was ripped up.

:cuss::cuss::cuss:Raiduhs

Sorry Rausch. That sucks hard man.

I'd be inclined to just burn the thing down and say, "oops" when the insurance says WTF?

I would be like a flood if we got even half of a "normal" year of rainfall.

We've gotten a lot of rain the last few weeks. I believe Tablerock Lake if finally back up to Power Pull. We got another 2" plus last night and it's still coming down.

I have a golf tournament Saturday, so the greens should be nice and soft. I like that.

It's tempting.

Were it to burn down today I'd make around $15k...

Time to alter the results on the masturbation poll....

Yup...

I disagree. I think we could take a massive amount of rain before you could even tell it rained. I tried watering some grass and I put a shitassload of water down and you can't tell.

I'm hoping for a hurricane. We've got the wind anyway, just as well get the rain.

Please send some of that to us. San Diego has had less than that in one year. That is not a good thing.

Well, you sure as hell don't want to get it all in one day.

I do.

This country out here could take a ****load.

We still have snow on the ground. With another round of snow on Saturday. They are projecting flooding once it melts.

Almost 6" of rain in Iowa City, Ia last night. Probably the same storms that then headed to Chicago.

I've had about 2.5" here in Waterloo. I put in a sump pump in a 4ft pit, 3 years ago after my drain backed up in my basement after a torrential down pour (5" in an hour). Best thing I ever done. They cemented off the drain that was the problem and put the pump in the corner of the basement and the thing has ran like twice since they put it in. Once was last night. It is electric with a battery backup. Best money I ever spent.

I just took a drive to see if things were any better - they really aren't. The rain has stopped, but the roads are still ****ed.

Sure hope we don't get any more rain.

Made me glad I live up North in Cedar Falls. I hear CR and IA City just got hammered. And now I hear the rain ramping up again.

Yea, This time. In 2008 we both got hammered. :grr:

Corn go up yet?

Down 16 in the front month last I looked.

2008. The year I rebuilt my house and lost a shitload of neighbors.

Nah.

I've been told from TV that algae can replace corn as a biodiesel alternative.

I'm sure it's going to change the world by the time I wake up tomorrow...

Shot of a parking lot near my house, hours after the rain stopped. The water still looks to be close to knee deep in spots. I've never seen standing water in it before. Some side streets still impassable - they just removed the last stranded vehicle from a street behind this store. Still looked to be waist deep.

Is that on Route 59 right near North Aurora road? It looks familiar. I used to live about a mile from there.

Yep. I was at the Speedway.