Photos are provided complements of W. A. Strnad, community resident.
Newly remodeled basement still has ban saw in back. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 1 |
New bathroom has sewer water coming up from shower area. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 2 |
Sewer water makes its way to front of building. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 3 |
Water gets deeper in library area. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 4 |
Water from bathroom meets water from library. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 5 |
Water from front door starts coming in. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 6 |
Sheets of paneling get wet. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 7 |
Over 4" of sewer water hits rear of building. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 8 |
New birch doors don't escape water. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 9 |
Sump pump works overtime. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 10 |
Bag of concrete soon to turn solid. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 11 |
New bathroom - grout needs to be redone. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 12 |
Residue from front area. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 13 |
New chairs are used to hold items. Water marches forward. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 14 |
New carpet gets submersed. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 15 |
2nd of 11 houses that got hit. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 16 |
This property owner spent over a thousand dollars to stop this from happening, but... | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 17 |
3rd of 11 houses - shinny floor is reflection in water. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 19 |
Larger view. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 20 |
4th of 11 houses. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 21 |
Many people don't have the money to initiate repairs and can only do it a little at a time. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 22 |
Residents use whatever they can to start the cleanup. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 23 |
Large sump pumps didn't help this property owner. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 25 |
Items moved away from sewer downspout get moved back as water goes down. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 26 |
5th of 11 houses. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 27 |
Flood water made it to the front of their house. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 28 |
Cat litter floated to different area of house. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 29 |
New bedding was put on sofa to escape destruction. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 30 |
6th of 11 houses. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 31 |
Long area rug sits beneath water. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 32 |
5' pipe was plugged into sewer. Sits behind door. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 33 |
Sewer water hits oriental rug. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 34 |
Oriental rug - view 2. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 35 |
7th of 11 houses. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 36 |
Many items were lifted to safety but some just couldn't be raised. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 37 |
This house followed the guidelines of disconnecting rain gutters but still flooded. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 38 |
Photos 40-49 are of the new railroad crossing. Other photos of houses are not shown for a wide variety of reasons. | |
Sewer Department works on cleaning AFTER the flood. Note there are two people in the cab and one outside. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 50 |
Ready for a dump? | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 51 |
Sewer department worker (not in the cab) walks to the next CB. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 52 |
Now he is made aware by the people in the cab that pictures are being taken. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 53 |
How many trucks does it take? For this job apparently 2. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 54 |
Worker puts on proper identification jacket for our picture. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 55 |
Back to work for the camera. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 56 |
2nd dump in 15 minutes. At that rate he can make a career out of this job. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 57 |
The CB unit being cleaned is approximately 6' deep. Workers say it's not very deep like others in the area. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 58 |
A hole-in-one. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 59 |
An alderman's office who wants to claim credit for doing something when in actual fact, does nothing. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 61 |
Better photo showing this alderman's office and number. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 62 |
Sample sewer piece. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 65 |
A necessary evil is delay in travel times. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 67 |
Ugly sky - 1 | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 69 |
Ugly sky - 2 | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 70 |
Aftermath of August 24 flooding shows broken trees. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 71 |
Trees - 2nd view. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 72 |
Trees - 3rd view. | Flooding - Aug 22, 1998 - Photo 73 |