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Category Archives: Flooding
Yesterday Crystal Lake Announced that sandbags would be available at the Dole Mansion near the Main Beach. It followed up by digging a trench from the floodplain of Crystal Creek to the Creek in an attempt to drain water from … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally: STATE’S ATTORNEY WARNS FLOOD VICTIMS OF SCAMS McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally is urging flood victims to beware of scams. Often adisaster brings opportunities for criminals to pose as … Continue reading
Catching up on the flooding problem in town, Crystal Lake’s city government announced today that 1,500 filled sandbags were available for residents. Of course, they have been available from Nunda and Algonquin Townships since flooding began. Here is the announcement: … Continue reading
A press release from Team Rubicon: Veteran-led Team Rubicon Providing Flood Relief Across Northern Illinois and Southeast Wisconsin McHENRY COUNTY, Ill. (July 24, 2017) – Team Rubicon, a veteran-led disaster response organization, has launched Operation Fox Yeah today to support … Continue reading
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From Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka: Flood Crisis Update I spent some time today in the Gates, before and after today’s storm. As expected, the continued rain has only exacerbated the crisis. Earlier we had a downed powerline on Broadway. … Continue reading
Here’s what the guage read today: Don’t know if this was before or after the storm. … Continue reading
A message from Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka: Our Ongoing Flooding Crisis I wanted to send out a quick update regarding ongoing efforts in dealing with the flooding and sewage crisis that this rain continues to cause. I have spoken … Continue reading
The most recent report from McHenry County re flooding. Prepared by R. Ellsworth, it is dated Sunday, but has more recent information. BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: The National Weather Service (NWS) reported between .50 inches – 4.0 inches of rainfall in … Continue reading
Here are U.S. Geological Survey measurements of the height of the water in the Fox River as of this noon: … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Allen Skillicorn: Skillicorn Opens Up Office Hotline Following Historic Flooding CRYSTAL LAKE – In response to historic flooding along the Fox and Des Plaines Rivers, State Representative Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) is letting residents … Continue reading
Update from the Village of Johnsburg: SAND AND SANDBAG AVAILABILITY Sand and sandbags are still available in the parking lots at The Wave – 3309 N. Chapel Hill Road and Sunnyside Park (by the Village Hall) – Channel Beach Avenue. … Continue reading
Starting behind the Algonquin Public Works Building, Governor Bruce Rauner thanked volunteers filling sandbags, announced that Cook County was being added to the list of counties declared disaster areas and, then, moved to the street next to the Fox River. … Continue reading
In a last minute add-on to his events calendar, Governor Bruce Rauner’s staff announced that he would visit Algonquin this afternoon to view flooding. The notice said he would be at the Algonquin Public Works building, 110 Meyer Drive at … Continue reading
Thursday afternoon another Friend of McHenry County Blog caught this car on Route 176: Here’s another view sent by another Friend of McHenry County Blog: One wonders if the large drainage are beyond Casey’s gas station and convenience store could … Continue reading
Here is what it looked like at Oriole Trail and McHenry Avenue yesterday afternoon about 4: Thanks to a Friend of McHenry County Blog. … Continue reading
Here are some views of Route 14 near Fanny May and the Shell Gas Station: Thanks to a Friend of McHenry County Blog for the photos. From the Crystal Lake Police Department: The Crystal Lake Street Division/Public Works and the … Continue reading
While really heavy rain was mainly south of I-80, McHenry County farmers qualify for Federal assistance because they live in a county next to one of the 87 counties that qualified as farm disaster areas. That next door county is … Continue reading
A friend of McHenry County Blog reports there was about an inch of water under the new Algonquin bypass bridge during one of the recent big rainstorms. Is this an engineering failure by the Illinois Department of Transportation? With a … Continue reading