More flood video from Detroit flood 8-11-14

Detroit has been hit with up to 4 inches of rain today, causing my basement to flood. I have never seen the sewage back up through a toilet before.

[@SaltedMallows]

This storm didn't seem so serious before I went to sleep. Woke up in the basement stepping in water. I'm glad my area wasn't so bad because I was on a plugged air mattress and that would have been my death bed. Thank God.

[@BatteryGeekReviews]

iSalted I thought it was just another storm too......suprised everyone in the area. Glad you got out, AC power is no joke.

[@BatteryGeekReviews]

***** I misspelled surprised, LOL

[@jesuskrist3018]

I cant help but wonder why an accumulation of 4.25" was so dramatic today? I know the freeway floods out sometimes, but this is something entirely diffferent. Hmmmm

[@BatteryGeekReviews]

Our outdated system wasn't able to keep up with it. This is something that is common among coastal states. I've never seen anything like this my whole life in Detroit.

[@jesuskrist3018]

Im not going to argue on your points there, but this extended well outside of wayne county. Also, I thought 4 inches of rain over many hours isnt anything new. I figure this to be disproportionate to drainages in past times.

[@BatteryGeekReviews]

Jesus Krist The perfect storm I guess. This was an all day rain, mixed with a pop up flash flood. Even though the total ended up being 4-5 inches, it had nowhere to go. It just built up and ended up causing 14-15 foot high stand water on expressways and a few feet in many unfortunate folks basements. I too thought it was just another normal rain storm at first, but once I saw all the flooding that changed. I'm just glad the water only reached about 7 inches in my basement and drained out a few hours after it started.

[@jesuskrist3018]

I know of people who had 4-5 ft in the basement today. Things get desperate when water rise is measured in footage.

[@LadyDevastating]

Lots of water....

[@TheWallyjp]

we are gonna get these storms tomorrow, hope it doesn't get that bad here.

[@BatteryGeekReviews]

Hopefully not, but if you do, find out which circuits run your basement plugs and shut them off beforehand.

[@TheWallyjp]

***** yea, but we have a sump pump that should take care of it. We only have one possible place for the water to back up in the basement and that is one of those huge sinks. If we have flooding starting everywhere i will get out the emergency supplies and shut off the main breaker and run on generator power for a while.

[@wildcat1530]

Bring those rain to California .. We need them...

[@BatteryGeekReviews]

I'll send em right over, LOL