r/BeAmazed • u/youngster_96 • Feb 18 '25

Place Flooded Detroit Neighborhood Turn into Ice

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u/MI2loudrtnow Feb 18 '25

https://www.wxyz.com/news/neighborhood-in-southwest-detroit-flooded-after-water-main-break

Happen yesterday. A water main broke.

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u/Cheese_Corn Feb 19 '25

Where I used to live, we got a huge storm on top of a water main that was leaking next door for a few weeks. I put a siphon in the garage and it ran for three days, but we only got an inch of water in the actual basement. I always thought it was weird I could hear dripping water by the neighbors storm drain, but I didn't know it was a leak until later.

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u/hare-hound Feb 19 '25

Thanks for linking. Man.

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u/bat_soup_people Feb 19 '25

Happened in Skokie too.  Thermal cycling from climate change is chewing up the ground

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u/effortfulcrumload Feb 18 '25

America. This is where we are.

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u/imstonedyouknow Feb 19 '25

Yeah but anywhere else the main wouldnt be a lead pipe thats been there for 100 years and just waiting to go. And your insurance would probably cover it.