Some of the things heard:
- People on the bike path please leave the area. The waters are rising and you are in danger. You will be stranded. Move to the west of the Peace Bridge. -- Police helicopter circling the bike path east of the Peace Bridge.
- She got out with just her cat, the litter box, and her cell phone. Just the necessities. -- A couple of women near the washed out Community Garden talking about their neighbor.
- I had to get my truck to safer ground. -- A man who just splashed his Toyota SUV through two feet of water to park it half a block away.
- The water in my basement was only ankle deep at 6:30 this morning. Now my basement is thigh high. -- Sunnyside resident packing stuff out of his home.
- I dropped my keys. -- Sunnyside resident who lost her keys in two feet of water on the road in front of her house.
- I wonder how that's going to get under the bridge. Oh! That's how. -- A conversation between a woman and I as we watched a ten foot tree explode against Centre Street Bridge's lower deck.
- The buzz of lots and lots of really big mosquitoes.
- Generators trying to pump water out of Sunnyside.
- Home fire alarms.
- Car alarms.
- Police sirens.
- Firetruck sirens.
- Helicopters.
Signs:
- "X" marked on doors to indicate to neighbors they were safely evacuated.
- "Sunnyside has been evacuated!" - sign on apartment door
- "Hi Neighbors. This glass was left behind after our block party. It is desperate to find its way home." - a note found beneath a glass one third full with rain water
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