[Chicago] Rain

[James Snyder]

Hi -

This isn't particularly detailed as far as whether particular 
neighborhoods and whatnot are flooded, but it does show recent river 
level data for flooding:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=lot


I'd assume that the river flooding and not the storm/sewer backup is 
probably the most problematic.  That said, flooding is another valid 
reason to like non ground floor or garden units :-)

OTOH, I don't recall anything this extensive in the 7 years I've been here.

OT/Background:
I'm new to the list. I've been playing with Python on and off for a bit, 
but have now started using it in as many projects as I can.  I thought 
it might be nice to connect with some other local pythonistas (I suppose 
that's the correct term).

Best.

-jsnyder

sheila miguez wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Tom Tobin <korpios at korpios.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 9:47 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Jordan Sherer <jordan at widefido.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> How is everybody holding up with all of this rain?
>>>>         
>>> My parents held up fine. No trees fell on their house, no flooding.
>>> The levy in Port Arthur held.
>>>
>>> Carl didn't fare so well though. water in basement, water in
>>> neighbor's basement, run on pumps at Home Depot.
>>>       
>> Geez, where *are* you guys?  I'll be apartment hunting again this
>> coming spring (likely the north side), and I'd like to avoid anywhere
>> so easily flooded ... ^_^  Over here in southern Oak Park we've barely
>> noticed a thing.
>>     
>
> Carl's in Niles.
>
> My place was okay and I'm near the Ravenswood stop. Over on Foster
> near the parks there (after Pulaski?) there was some extreme flooding.
> When you do your search check out where the branches of the Chicago
> river are and take that into consideration. Part of it flows through
> Albany Park, under lawrence, etc.
>
> Maybe we could get flood map info on every block.
>
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