At least one desperate Park Ridge resident who called city hall to ask about getting sandbags was told, yes, she could have some. Five, to be exact. That's all.
"Tina O'Donnell and an army of seven friends and family members donned rubber gloves at her home on Goodwin Drive. The teacher has been staying at a friend's since her basement became filled with 3 feet of foul-smelling water.
The power to her house finally came back on during the cleanup effort at noon, nearly 72 hours after it was lost. The water in her basement receded on its own, and she was relieved to hear that the river, about a quarter of a mile west, was going down.
Despite the positive news, O'Donnell remains frustrated with the city's response. She said that when she called city hall about sandbags, she was told five was the limit.
"What good would that have done?" O'Donnell says. "And it would be nice to know what's going on. Other people got notes in their mailboxes. I haven't."
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For Ms. O'Donnell, and others, we'd like to suggest the following:
Those should come in handy during any future flooding.
They should also come in handy when city hall begins 'splaining its' handling of the storm's aftermath.
