Be careful if you're planning to go anywhere tonight...

[narya.livejournal.com]

...and beware of Lake Cedar Street.





That's right near the intersection of Cedar St and Summer. (The people who got there before me said they called the city and the owners of the parked cars also showed up and moved them.)

Edited to add: Also, my roommate reports that Cherry St is a river and that Highland is also pretty bad (but not as bad as Cedar).

There are a few more pictures here but most of them are pretty bad quality.

Edited further to add: That picture was taken at about 5:45 (maybe a bit later). As of 7pm, the water appears to be pretty much gone and the road surface is visible again.

Comments

[mperrotti76.livejournal.com]

WTF!? What caused that?

[narya.livejournal.com]

Snarky response: the rain. (sorry, required)

More seriously: I am not sure. My neighbors (who have been around here much longer than I have) report that the storm drains there are always a little slow but that this is exceptional in their experience.

I just hope that the houses down there are ok.

[lizzielizzie.livejournal.com]

The weather folks did say later that some places got 1" of rain in 30-40 minutes. I think that could bung up any storm drain system...

[mperrotti76.livejournal.com]

I know this. But I'm a hydrogeologist. I menat is there a lake or sriver near by? What would cause 3 feet of water just to appear like that in Camberville?

[haptotrope.livejournal.com]

Its a basin of roads near the bottom of a huge hill... Its alot for the measly storm drain to handle the way it was coming down.

[mperrotti76.livejournal.com]

I see.