8:17 PM Friday, <November 8>, <2002>
So big water main break in front of my building. Nothing wrong with my building, or the garage which has my car underneath. Pretty surprising considering it is right in front of my building. So I was awake and watching, peeking out my window at the huge plume of water shooting out of the street this morning. First time I saw it was around 3:15. Cops on the scene around 3:45. Flooding eventually reached a tiny bit of northbound outer drive. But lots of water. Lots. I felt bad for the one car that was pretty much in direct line of the spout the whole time. That was the one that ended up back end in the sinkhole with the trunk open. I also saw the one person run out in pajamas and move their car. It was loud too, like an airport, with the sound of rushing water. But it finally got shut down around 6 or so. When I turned on the TV to catch the news, I was able to see all the Sky Cams in their helicopters outside my window. So if any of you wondered where I live, that's the building you saw on the news in Chicago today. Pretty exciting.