On our way to visit my parents who were vacationing in MI we got a call that they were on their way home because they had 4 feet of water in their basement. They're in Elmhurst and a certain hospital moved into their neighborhood messing up all the water tables. Now all the rain dumps into their little neighborhood and sump pumps just can't keep up. They have flood insurance but it will barely cover the new water heater, furnace, air conditioner, washer and dryer that were all under water. Let alone all the drywall, flooring and what not. :( Talk about ruining your vacation!!!!
jessica
Sunday 25th of July 2010
Obviously things could have been much worse. The hard part is a)my first floor looks like a scene from Hoarders because all of the stuff from the basement is now on our first floor (and we have a SMALL house) and b) things are starting to smell a little funky. I hope everyone has a speedy recovery!
Nicole
Sunday 25th of July 2010
We were trying to get from Naperville to Chicago last night to see my brother and drove into the whole mess- with 290 being closed and 294 being a parking lot (in part b/c 290 was closed LOL). We diverted off the highway and tried taking Roosevelt/ Cermack/ etc to get around the flooding- BAD idea LOL- we ended up driving through all of Westchester before giving up and heading home! (Then we saw the article about Westchester being hit so hard, etc).
I remember 10 years or so ago when Naperville flooded horribly, my parents had over a foot of water in their basement. It was a pain (to say the least) to go through everything and get it all cleaned up- so I feel for everyone cleaning up after this storm!
Sue B.
Sunday 25th of July 2010
Jessica - my 75 yr old aunt lives in Westchester. She is completely flooded. I feel for you!!!
Sue B.
Sunday 25th of July 2010
Brigitte - I live in Orland Park. I fought the village for 12 straight summers. I called every time they sent out a mosquito and standing water flyer. I called every time the police sat outside my house at 4 in the morning because they thought I was illegally watering. I called when the mail lady's truck slid on a 4feet of ice into my mailbox. Are you seeing the pattern here?? Every time they would send someone out to test the standing water because they felt it was a water leak but of course it wasn't. They said it would be fixed when it was time to redo the broken curbs in the area (which is every 15 yrs). Got passed by with that - then I exploded. Called the village every day - multi times and spoke to every person under the sun. Finally spoke to the engineer (it was more like crazy anger women on PMS and no coffee) He saw things my way :) curb finally fixed. That's the short version of the story - hope it helps and gives you some ideas!!! Don't give up.
Heidi
Monday 26th of July 2010
On our way to visit my parents who were vacationing in MI we got a call that they were on their way home because they had 4 feet of water in their basement. They're in Elmhurst and a certain hospital moved into their neighborhood messing up all the water tables. Now all the rain dumps into their little neighborhood and sump pumps just can't keep up. They have flood insurance but it will barely cover the new water heater, furnace, air conditioner, washer and dryer that were all under water. Let alone all the drywall, flooring and what not. :( Talk about ruining your vacation!!!!
jessica
Sunday 25th of July 2010
Obviously things could have been much worse. The hard part is a)my first floor looks like a scene from Hoarders because all of the stuff from the basement is now on our first floor (and we have a SMALL house) and b) things are starting to smell a little funky. I hope everyone has a speedy recovery!
Nicole
Sunday 25th of July 2010
We were trying to get from Naperville to Chicago last night to see my brother and drove into the whole mess- with 290 being closed and 294 being a parking lot (in part b/c 290 was closed LOL). We diverted off the highway and tried taking Roosevelt/ Cermack/ etc to get around the flooding- BAD idea LOL- we ended up driving through all of Westchester before giving up and heading home! (Then we saw the article about Westchester being hit so hard, etc).
I remember 10 years or so ago when Naperville flooded horribly, my parents had over a foot of water in their basement. It was a pain (to say the least) to go through everything and get it all cleaned up- so I feel for everyone cleaning up after this storm!
Sue B.
Sunday 25th of July 2010
Jessica - my 75 yr old aunt lives in Westchester. She is completely flooded. I feel for you!!!
Sue B.
Sunday 25th of July 2010
Brigitte - I live in Orland Park. I fought the village for 12 straight summers. I called every time they sent out a mosquito and standing water flyer. I called every time the police sat outside my house at 4 in the morning because they thought I was illegally watering. I called when the mail lady's truck slid on a 4feet of ice into my mailbox. Are you seeing the pattern here?? Every time they would send someone out to test the standing water because they felt it was a water leak but of course it wasn't. They said it would be fixed when it was time to redo the broken curbs in the area (which is every 15 yrs). Got passed by with that - then I exploded. Called the village every day - multi times and spoke to every person under the sun. Finally spoke to the engineer (it was more like crazy anger women on PMS and no coffee) He saw things my way :) curb finally fixed. That's the short version of the story - hope it helps and gives you some ideas!!! Don't give up.