Chicago Modelers, how dry is your plastic today?

[jaydar]

LaGrange?? I thought they closed it down years ago? I lived in Hodgkins for a few years. A friend sent me a pic of downtown Elmhurst - buried under water.

La Grange Park, Westchester and even parts of Hinsdale did worse than La Grange! I think our proximity to the Deep Tunnel helps.

Where are you now?

Joe.

[crazyjim]

Joe - I left Aurora in 2001 and moved to Citrus Springs, Florida. We're about 100 miles straight north of Tampa (and loving it).

[Joe Handley]

The Fox River is pretty deep here now too, planning on getting some pics from a favorite crawling spot to show the difference from last summer to now.

[Joe Handley]

Not sure on the more southern highways George, last I heard most area roads were back in business by the time I got home from work Friday night.

Stopped by the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva to take some pics, while heading out to North Aurora to fill the 200 with E-85.

And the water looks to have gone down in the last couple days too

These are the rest of the pics are of how it is today and when I stopped by last July in the middle of the drought, stark difference!

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bjoehandley/media/Random%20Photographs/Park%20on%20Rte%2025%20in%20Batavia/IMG_5128_zpsd5c6c0d9.jpg.html?sort=2&o=7

Edited April 22, 2013 by Joe Handley

[charlie8575]

Harry, was that street sign "Des Plaines River Rd.?" It certainly fits!

I thought it was very unprofessional of that fireman to laugh at that poor guy's car falling into that sinkhole.

Everyone in Chicagoland take care out there.

Charlie Larkin

[Harry P.]

Harry, was that street sign "Des Plaines River Rd.?" It certainly fits!

Yes, Des Plaines River Road (or just plain "River Road," as the locals call it). The road follows alongside the Des Plaines river (hence the name!). In some spots the road is literally right next to the river. The town of Des Plaines (also named for the Des Plaines river) floods all the time. It happens so often there, it's almost expected.