Three inches of water throughout. Power out for 36 hours.
First time to see it in 10 years I've been here, and the former owner
only saw some puddles in 1962.
Torrential rain, streets flowing like rivers, overstressed storm
sewers.
Trivial when you see what others are going through, and even
most of my neighbors got 5-12".
Do yourself a favor if you buy a house by checking elevation and
watersheds carefully. A couple feet can make a huge difference.
I didn't do it here, but got lucky. I could just have well ended up
by the Des Plaines River, which got hit hard.
Global Warming can be a bitch.

--Vic