As West Side residents empty their basements of ruined property and face costly repairs, many are asking why so many homes in their neighborhood flooded while much of the rest of the city escaped the same fate.
Now, as residents are emptying their basements of ruined property and looking at costly repairs, many are asking why so many homes in their neighborhoods flooded while much of the rest of the city escaped the same fate.
“It came up to right above my knee in my basement,” Coffer said. “Having to replace our furnace, hot water tank, washer, dryer, clothes that we had down there in the basement because that was our area where we wash our clothes, iron, hang our clothes in that particular space. So it’s just been really difficult. It seems like it just came out of nowhere. So, yeah, it’s really difficult. We’re still dealing with it.”, said it’s not the first time his community has seen widespread flooding.
Andrea Cheng, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Water Management, said her department and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District work together to keep the area’s sewer systems working. Cheng said in her department’s estimation, the West Side flooded so badly because it just received more rainfall than other areas.
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