July 23, 2010 Friday Morning

Was ready to build and Arc last night we got so much rain here in Milwaukee. Around 5:30 PM the rain came down fast and furious. We got about 7 inches of rain here on the Eastside of Milwaukee in less than 2 hours. Yes, 7 inches in less than two hours. Not only did all the roads around us flood over, we got water in our basement, my side yard is a lake, and most intersections and roads are impassable. We even got a huge sink hole about 6 blocks away that swallowed a car which is still running in the sink hole this morning since they can not get into the hole to turn off the car. Most of the Milwaukee expressways flooded over trapping people in their cars. The Milwaukee Airport is closed and under water. We decided about 7:30 PM to try to take the car out and look at all the damage. We didn't get far. About a half a block down the our road and then at least 4 other places we had to turn around and go down side streets the water was so high. We finally gave up and went home. I included a video of the flooding as it happened in our side yard as well as a video a half a block from our house. You can see the flooding, stuck cars and people trying to drive through it. Stupid people. Tony wanted to try to drive through it but I put my foot down and said NO. Tony's auto body shop flooded. The overhead doors buckled from the force of the rain coming into the shop. Watch the two videos. I also included a picture of the sink hole on the corner of North and Oakland with the car still in the hole. This is a just down the street from our house. Did I mention it is suppose to continue raining through today, tonight and tomorrow?