they were overwhelmed by the big cleanup job at the end of nearly every driveway flood damaged belongings piles and piles of them . we knew we would lose a few things but staring at all of this in one big pile there s a lot of it . generators and blared through the night homeowners say after record rainfall nearly 7 in. falling in the chicago area saturday the water was so high they couldn t get an hour out of that neighborhood . i feel that for a lot of these people lost more than we did some residents are still trying to get the water out many waiting for the trash haulers to arrive to take the piles a way many residents say that they have been through much worse . 2008 was worse . this was not quite as bad but we are as far as i m concerned better prepared this time around, i know it s an act of nature but we would like a little bit more recognition of what we are going through . a village board meeting is planned for this evening many residents will attend to rest