Re: [Mpls] Re: storm sewers

2002-08-03 Thread Barbara L. Nelson
Tim Connolly said that he observed that the storm sewers in Phillips were all blocked with debris (not litter) along 26th Street -- and that they were "magically" clear as soon as he hit Whittier and westward. He also guessed that the storm sewers were clear in Seward and wondered if this was

Re: [Mpls] Re: storm sewers

2002-08-03 Thread Barbara Lickness
AI don't recall anyone saying there was a huge problem with plugged sewers in Phillips. Did someone or are you just using them as an example for something? I used to live on Lake Nokomis. When the rainfall was heavy, the sewers used to always flood. It wasn't because they were dirty and l

[Mpls] Re: storm sewers

2002-08-03 Thread Barbara L. Nelson
If the storm sewers are debris free in Seward it is because when I lived there the residents who lived on the corners with the storm sewers cleaned the grates themselves. Many is the time when I was out walking in the rain and I would run across a resident with a rake unplugging a grate through s