Newly remodeled basement still has bansaw 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 marchs 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