A flash thunderstorm swept through yesterday around 3:30, flooding most of the basements on our block, including ours.
The neighbors who were home at the time told me the street was submerged from “front step to front step.” I am still trying to get my hands on a photo, because I can hardly believe it. All I saw was the 11 inch watermark in our basement hours later:
We spent the evening mucking around the basement, helping our new landlord of 3 weeks rip up carpeting to help ward off mold. Fortunately none of our stuff is in the basement, so we escaped serious damage. The water was still pooling at a good 2″ in low points of the floor as of 11 o’clock, and there’s a couple of inches of water standing in the dryer:
This being her first home purchase, our new landlord is less than enthralled. She was hoping to repaint the basement this weekend instead of washing it down with bleach.
Several parts of Lake Shore Drive filled with water, as did at least three blocks of Ravenswood Avenue:
A sensation indeed.