With four inches of rain having fallen in Western McHenry County, according to a rain gage west of Woodstock and the storm track heading straight toward the Fox River, folks affected by the flooding will be wearily watching the inexorable flow of the water.
Yesterday, it was clear that the flood of 2013 was higher than this year’s.
The driveway below, located next to Cornish Park (next to the Algonquin dam), was inundated in 2013.
It was dry yesterday.
And the long-legged birds stuck in sandbags were not alone.
A great egret was hunting for food unsuccessfully in Cornish Park next in the shallows of the flooded Fox River.