Flooding in Plainfield

[Bulzeye]

I was fortunate to not have any water in my house after the recent weekend downpour, but others in my area really had a hard time. These were taken along the DuPage River on the west side of Plainfield 2 days after the crest of the water. It had been over a foot higher than what is shown here. Eight inches of rain adds up to quite a bit when you funnel it into narrow creeks and streams.







Bowman15 will recognize these...
The one-lane bridge on Renwick Road.
There is normally about 12 feet of air underneath this bridge.
Now there is only 3, and it was almost touching 2 days before.




This is looking down theroad to the bridge. Closed.

[Bulzeye]

A friend and I spent an evening over at the Public Works building as part of the volunteer effort to fill sandbags for the city and emergency workers to deliver to endangered homes.
Quite the workout, but it felt good to help.





New waist-high piles of sand were delivered by front-end loaders about every 20 minutes.





Groups went to work on the piles dividing up the duties of shoveling, bagging, zip-tying, and stacking.



As soon as the pickups and dump trucks had delivered their bags to the flooded areas, they were back for more. We would immediately change gears and make loading the trucks the priority. Small dumpers like these were turned around in about5 minutes by passing bags alongfire-brigade style so no one had to carry them. Bigger trucks took a bit longer.



The Plainfield Emergency Management Agency coordinated the effort. The Salvation Army was there with water burgers and doughnuts for the volunteers. Great group to work with.

[Bulzeye]

This is apublic fishing area on the DuPage at hwy52 in Shorewood, a couple of miles downstream from the other pics. The line in the water isa railing on top of a wall that is about 4 feet high, and on top of a concrete platform that's another 4 feet above the water line.
Also, somewhere underneath all that water is a dam.

[carpsniper]

Glad to see you survived it OK. Looks rough up there.

[Bulzeye]

How's the basment swimming pool going ?

[fishpoint]

Kendall and Christine: you need to release a few carp in your basement so we can have a cement pond shoot.

Chris: I'm sure your volunteer efforts were greatly appreciated - great pictures.