The Great 47th Street Flood: October 15, 2011 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Great 47th Street Flood: October 15, 2011 / artistmac
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | These pictures are camcorder captures off footage I shot for a YouTube video, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVK-ztJP1UM , so I apologize for the low quality.How ironic that, mere days after Mayor Rahm Emanuel's announcement of the doubling of non-metered Chicagoans' water and sewer bills by 2015 and the day after he announced that suburbs that receive Chicago-supplied Lake Michigan water would see similar rate hikes, a water main would rupture in Chicago under 47th Street near Loomis.The gushing water flowed for three blocks in either direction, then surged down side streets, alleys, and sidewalks in an area bounded by Racine, Ashland, 47th and 49th Streets, invading basements, garages, loading docks and first-floor doorways as it went. It finally stopped at the railroad viaduct that abuts 49th Street to the south.Ironic, too, that this flood happened in Back-of-the-Yards, a poor and working-poor black and Hispanic Chicago neighborhood whose residents can least afford either the flood-damage cleanup, which may or may not be covered by their homeowner's or renter's insurance, or Emanuel's proposed 90% rate increases. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-10-15 09:37:32 |
| 撮影者 | artistmac |
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| 撮影地 | Chicago, Illinois, United States 地図 |
| カメラ | PV-GS300 , Panasonic |