tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2249729048124386083..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: The Great Loop Flood, 25 years onNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89942078487026556722018-07-14T01:10:55.493-05:002018-07-14T01:10:55.493-05:00Cool!Cool!JR Vitughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180410835284325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46908754761706054192018-04-08T21:03:29.123-05:002018-04-08T21:03:29.123-05:00No subways for quite a while...a couple of weeks i...No subways for quite a while...a couple of weeks if I recall correctly. Ninety minutes from Main Street in South Evanston to LaSalle and Van Buren. Two hours on the worst days. Not as bad coming home because commuters could adjust their quitting times. No subway tunnels at all until 1943 and after. Far fewer private autos during the Depression and the war, gas rationing, and many more scheduled trains because the daily ridership was at least double what it was in 1992, maybe triple...didn't look up the figures. To be quite honest, I don't know how the hell they did it, back in the day. Grizz 65noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34847336603639043512017-04-09T22:35:20.208-05:002017-04-09T22:35:20.208-05:00That was a strange few days. I was living there t...That was a strange few days. I was living there then, up near Boys Town and working out by the airport, and if I could scrape out the extra time I'd take an O'Hare downtown and then either a Howard or Ravenswood train up to Belmont. It didn't work out very well that day, though.orchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127551500120547348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84523602319918229972017-04-08T18:21:18.334-05:002017-04-08T18:21:18.334-05:00Great article! It seems to me the Army Corp of Eng...Great article! It seems to me the Army Corp of Engineers should have been contacted immediately, instead of throwing in everything but the kitchen sink to stop the leak. My impression at the time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16861438344619224962017-04-08T16:10:12.058-05:002017-04-08T16:10:12.058-05:00I saw a fish in a tank in an office, that was pull...I saw a fish in a tank in an office, that was pulled out of the sub-basement of the Stevens Building.<br />I also remember that the engineer that was fired took his film of the problems in the tunnel, before the flood, to be developed at Walgreen's or some other commercial lab, instead of the city's own photo lab, which delayed things even more.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55623964652163972692017-04-08T14:00:26.958-05:002017-04-08T14:00:26.958-05:00Great stuff, Neil.
Only in Chicago could a flood ...Great stuff, Neil.<br /><br />Only in Chicago could a flood happen because of <i>a hole punched into the bottom of a river.</i>Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41374893805680856722017-04-08T11:49:57.326-05:002017-04-08T11:49:57.326-05:00Remarkably in-depth coverage of a major event reve...Remarkably in-depth coverage of a major event revealing a city's vulnerability and the consequences of poor judgment. It could've happened anywhere, but it happened in my city, and with all the difficulties I'm proud of how Chicago dealt with this near disaster. We come together in these crises with the best of them.<br /><br />Glad this will get the proper coverage in Sunday's paper; I'm thinking Neil would've been a heck of an investigative reporter.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49203035487724870752017-04-08T09:55:43.436-05:002017-04-08T09:55:43.436-05:00I was home on disability, laughing as my wife walk...I was home on disability, laughing as my wife walked in the door.Kirk S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02265963002422116161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62123419872290357322017-04-08T08:39:29.250-05:002017-04-08T08:39:29.250-05:00Thanks, but it WILL be in the paper. Running over ...Thanks, but it WILL be in the paper. Running over three pages Sunday, or so I am told. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37973971911121521432017-04-08T08:15:05.678-05:002017-04-08T08:15:05.678-05:00A wonderful evocation of "the city that works...A wonderful evocation of "the city that works." You surely didn't whip this up overnight. Too bad an abbreviated version can't appear in the paper.<br /><br />I was out of town when it happened and recall reading newspaper accounts that made it sound, in those innocent days,like 9-11. As memory serves, there was no loss of life.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83630744700595312462017-04-08T06:19:12.733-05:002017-04-08T06:19:12.733-05:00A good read.A good read.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-57453581899531132392017-04-08T00:32:04.902-05:002017-04-08T00:32:04.902-05:00Absolutely fantastic article! What I remember most...Absolutely fantastic article! What I remember most was that you could delay filing your tax return ( assuming a work or home address I the city) just by writing CHICAGO FLOOD at the top! Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831580101168618303noreply@blogger.com