Flooding ... when freeways become rivers

I was angry when my basement flooded last evening but, then I watched the news and saw that I didn't have it so bad.

WoW, cars and even semi's becoming totally submerged in 10 minutes with no place to go; I never realized how much damage 5 inches of rain in 45 minutes could do..
24 hours later ... it is still flooded in many, many places as the rain drains and rivers remain full and flowing as fast as they can yet still is not enough capacity after a whole day.

It's a bitch In Those flat areas

5 inches in 45 minutes??    Shee-hut! You could drown just standing in the rain!

Thats alot of rain for sure.   

maverick wrote:5 inches in 45 minutes??    Shee-hut!  You could drown just standing in the rain!

When it was raining, from 6:15 pm to 7:00 o'clock  I literally couldn't see the house across the street; (about 125 feet). I thought it was fog but, I guess it wasn't.

Holy H2O Batman! Got any pictures?

Saw pictures on the national news...Wow!! Randy you need to build a 385 series powered water pump!! Sucks about your wet basement never fun cleaning that up. Good luck hope everything works out!!!

D. Sea wrote:Holy H2O Batman!   Got any pictures?

Yahoo news does and Associated press along with CBS. Most that I have seen are a day old after the water has receded a lot.  
It is two days later and some freeways are still closed mainly to clear more than 1,000 abandoned vehicles on the roadway; yes, (not a typo), more than 1,000 abandoned vehicles on the expressways.

Holy cow that is a lot of water. We have very good drainage in Louisiana because we get a lot of nasty rain storms but I sure can make a mess in places that don't have good drainage.

jasonf wrote:Holy cow that is a lot of water. We have very good drainage in Louisiana because we get a lot of nasty rain storms but I sure can make a mess in places that don't have good drainage.

This was the second largest amount of daily rainfall in the Detroit area ever since records have been kept, except this was not over a whole day but, most of it happened in less than an hour; during the end of rush hour mind you.

The city of Warren and some surrounding areas have declared this carnage as a "state of disaster".
WARREN kind of gets hidden because of its close proximity to Detroit but, it is the third largest city in Michigan.

I've seen a lot of floods, but this was the first time that I saw trucks being inundated so fast that they were floating.. There is mud several feet deep where the water washed into the roadways.

Curt wrote:I've seen a lot of floods, but this was the first time that I saw trucks being inundated so fast that they were floating.. There is mud several feet deep where the water washed into the roadways.

Do they need an ins. adjuster?

I live on high ground but about every year Shelby,OH floods bad.

We were pounded yesterday in the Baltimore area too. We had over 7 inches of rain and to make it worse, the Waste Water Treatment Plant next to where I work, overflowed raw sewage and made a mess of the Terminal. After the water receded, there was crap, condoms, tampons, etc... all over the place. Needless to say, we all had a crappy day today.   

patfromjersey wrote:We were pounded yesterday in the Baltimore area too.  We had over 7 inches of rain and to make it worse, the Waste Water Treatment Plant next to where I work, overflowed raw sewage and made a mess of the Terminal.  After the water receded, there was crap, condoms, tampons, etc... all over the place.  Needless to say, we all had a crappy day today.    

I can feel your pain.

Lem Evans wrote:

Curt wrote:I've seen a lot of floods, but this was the first time that I saw trucks being inundated so fast that they were floating.. There is mud several feet deep where the water washed into the roadways.

Do they need an ins. adjuster?

Yes, they do.  LOL    

Here is a picture of the Hail/Wind storm that occurred around the Highland TWP area on 7/27/14. This is taken over Duck Lake.  Probably one of the best and neatest storm pictures ever posted.

Holy Toledo Batman that's as nasty as a crop of boils.

Never nice when Mother Nature grabs the reins with definition, but we realize that it is the people not the things that are ultimately important. Hopefully the Ins takes care of the damage in an expedient manner and life gets back to normal soon Randy.