Sep 15 2008
Northwest Indiana Appears To Be Under Water
The remnants of Hurricane Ike came up through the Midwest from Texas and hit Northwest Indiana hard. It rained for several days straight, causing all of the local rivers to flood. The Little Calumet river crested and flooded many Northwest Indiana towns along its banks. Nobody seems to notice the Little Cal until it rains too much, but no one could have expected the nine to ten inches of rainfall that we received last weekend.
The news is showing aerial footage of Calumet Avenue in Munster where the Target and all surrounding roads are under water. Lake George has gone all wonky in Hobart (where I grew up) and washed away the Third Street bridge. In Highland, the Highland Plaza parking lot was completely under water. The Lake County Board of Commissioners declared a state of emergency Monday morning in the wake of last weekend’s record rainfall.
The heavy flooding is causing road closures all over the place. The Borman (80/94), which runs parallel to the Little Calumet, was closed from 394 in the west to Cline Avenue in the east. The Bishop Ford was closed completely. The onramps to the Borman were under water at Calumet Avenue and Kennedy Avenue. Cline Avenue was closed as well, but I’m not sure how bad the flooding was there. Since I live south of the Borman, I couldn’t get to work at all this morning!
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