Not all of the southwest side River Heights golf course is on the heights. These water hazards are not part of the ground rules. The south side neighborhood off Taylor Street near the river suffered.
There's a bit of water across Castle Drive that's not shown on the campus map.
The new College Street bridge opened in time for move-in, but it had to be closed as the east approach is under water.
Kishwaukee Hall is waterlogged on all sides. I don't recall this much water in any of the previous floods.
We may have to replace the gym floors again.
West of the drainage ditch, that's not a reflecting pool. On good weather days, people will be studying here, or on occasion a class will meet on the steps, and after the middle schools dismiss, the skateboarders show up.
For a while, all the Kishwaukee River crossings in DeKalb were closed. The Lincoln Highway crossing, adjacent to the East Lagoon, is open, although the Lagoon has temporarily occupied the driving lanes. The police rearranged the lane shifts west of the work zone to allow traffic to use the crown lanes.
On the news, I heard that some SLOW NO WAKE buoys had been pressed into service somewhere in the Chicago area to reduce the erosion produced by bow waves stirred up by traffic. I have to wonder, however, whether the operators of Hummers, Escalades, and other DUKWannabes would pay any attention!
The Daily Chronicle has extensive photo coverage. Some neighborhoods were evacuated by boat.
RUNNING EXTRA. Very little rain overnight. River dropping. The Weather Channel sent a roving reporter to the fifth tee at River Heights.
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