By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--August 13, 2014
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Michigan State Police sent divers to check flooded freeways in the Detroit area to make sure no one is trapped in vehicles. Lt. Michael Shaw told WWJ-AM on Tuesday morning that a dive team checked Interstate 94 at Michigan Avenue and planned to check the interchange for interstates 696 and 275. He says there aren't reports of people missing after severe flooding hit Monday, but police want to be sure.WXYZ-TV has amazing video, and lots of it: As of Wednesday morning, some of the freeways have re-opened but quite a few of the major ones remain closed. Thousands of people have suffered major damage to their homes. The nature of freeways, of course, is that they tend to be in a bowl, so if the storm sewers get overwhelmed, the freeways are often most vulnerable to flooding. And in this case, the sewers really got overwhelmed. Meanwhile, in the neighborhoods, it wasn't much better. My hometown of Royal Oak has been declared a disaster area, and a friend of mine who was simply trying to walk home from his parents' house actually had to be taken across venerable Webster Avenue by a guy who came along in a canoe. He took this photo from the canoe: Wherever you sleep tonight, sleep well.
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