I live maybe three blocks from the Des Plaines river on the ground floor. I wondered if this building has potential flood issues. I guess I get to find out now.
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Is it pronounced “dez planes” or like Herve Villachez said, “de plane”?
Dez planes. And Cairo, IL, is KAY-roh. At least that’s how they were being pronounced the last time I was there…. admittedly a while ago.
Go here:
https://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/FemaWelcomeView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1
Under the banner, upper left, enter the street address of your building, this should bring up a link to the FEMA flood map panel for that area. Open the and zoom-in if necessary. Be warned however this is a government site and it is quite clunky to navigate at times. Best of luck…..
Looks like it will stay within the forest preserve but this is supposedly a record setting flood. Damn George Bush and global warming!
It’s still possible the basement might flood. Since the web server is in my apartment, if we lose power, the web site will go down.
I heard as I was waking up that they have opened the gate to Lake Michigan to let excess water flow out of the Chicago River. Say Hello Asian Carp!
Keep your head up above water… and the server too! Good luck!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ronafish/pictures/MeetFredFlinstone.jpg
Found this and had to laugh. Main page for the rectangular version says: “Designed By
allstuckup | More From This Designer »
on December 12, 2006 at 12:44 PM”
http://images2.cpcache.com/merchandise/212_480x480_Front_Color-White.jpg?region=name:FrontCenter,id:16437550,h:1.83333337306976,a:MiddleCenter,o:1
It proves you can find anything on the internet. 😉
You have way too much time on your hands, but don’t we all?
I was looking for that bumper sticker on the Terrorista car- and before I found it, I found this one and it made me laugh.
Stay safe….we do not want the Master Blogger Extraordinaire to get wet….
Reading a soggy newspaper is no fun, imagine reading a soggy blog. 😉
For a good time, google “Chicago deep tunnel”. It was started in 1975, they hope to finish in 2029 – and the water district is discharging more sewage now than when they started building it
I just watched a video with a guy taking a tour of one part of the tunnel
– it was bored through limestone about 250 feet underground. For some odd reason, when the run water through it , the limestone walls disintegrate. Weird
Iliquidity. 😉
For readers that don’t know that the Continental Divide is in suburban Oak Park, Illinois, here is an interesting read with maps. (You don’t need hiking gear to cross this one. 😉 ) :
http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/geology/a_continentalDiv.html