started from the sewage. the water wasjust gushing through the door and ijust didn t know what to do. i m at 4810th-65th street. this is my house - and it s getting flooded. water was coming in - from my drain in the back, from my drain outside, i in the side of the house, even the sewer that was in the back alley, water was gushingl through that thing, and made the water rise - all the way up to about 9 feet. for the first time in recorded history, the national weather service issuing a flash flood emergency for all five boroughs of new york city. historic flooding as ida travelled across the north east. the western hemisphere s busiest subway system shut down. trains pulling in to find platforms submerged. people wading through waist high water. we were expecting 3 to 6 inches of rain over multiple hours. - all right, they rejust telling me now,