So yesterday we had quite the adventure in Coon Rapids- our street flooded. This isn't the first time it has done this, but this time there were some extenuating circumstances.... They are going to be re-doing our whole road this summer and they just took out all the manholes and covered them with dirt and put an orange warning barricade over them. They also took the gutters and wrapped them in plastic, so as you can imagine, no rain was getting through those suckers! Right in front of my house, the road dips down, so the water tends to collect there. When I got home some poor pizza delivery guy decided to try to go really fast through the water and his car ended up stalling, and its still sitting outside today. Needless to say, if you ever want to cross a flooded road, do it SLOWLY! The faster you go, the more water you push up in front and its actually more likely to flood your car! There, that was my tip of the day.
Anyway, here is the scene last night in front of the house with neighbors and dogs loving their new lakeside property!
This is the public works guy who FINALLY came out and took the plastic off the drains so they could suck the water down. (Notice his BRIGHT yellow jacket)
And here is what the street SHOULD look like, without a foot of water....
And you cant see it very well, but you can kind of see the water-line that was made in the yard when the water took over...
Good times! And I guess its supposed to rain today and tomorrow too. At least the plastic is off the drains, we should be good for now! :)
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