Part of what makes the neighborhood so beautiful is that the North Branch of the Chicago River winds through it, and there is green-space all along the river, as well as loads of park lands. When the river crested over it's banks much of this green-space was flooded, which undoubtedly saved us from even more serious damage. Less than 2 blocks from us 40 people were evacuated by boat, and many more had to leave from points along the river, but we never even lost power, or water, which is pretty impressive. Nice job there Chicago. The bike path we normally take to the library is still partially underwater, and geese think they own the waterlogged parks this week, but such is life.
There are loads of great pictures on Chicago Public Radio's Flickr site, but I can't find the group with all the flood photos.
Pam found it - Thanks, Pam!
Anyway, we've been stuck inside for a while, good thing we have some excellent new toys. I'll post about them later, with some links to where you can find more super-fun toys. For now though, we're off to the library.
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Here's the link for you of at least some of their flood pictures:
Flood September 2008
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