Car, driver tumble into giant sinkhole amid rainstorm

Any idea why the original estimates for water flows weren’t enough?

That is a question people have been asking for the last 20 years -- every time they release sewage into the Lake. THere has never been a satisfactory answer. One excuse is that some of the older communities have their storm sewers and their sanitary sewers merged. It will cost a fortune to retrofit a correction. The decision was made 20 years ago that it was too expensive, and thus we have this problem with every big rain.

This storm came on the heels of another big one 2 weeks ago. People had just finished cleaning up when they were hit again. 8 homes in one neighborhood saw their basements collapse. Three have already been razed, and 5 have been evacuated.

Good point about buying one a couple of years old, I may check that out. I may be needing something newer next year, but I swear if I buy an Escalade the first thing I will do is remove every piece of badging that refers to Cadillac and change it to a Yukon.

Better yet make it look like a project of someone trying to make a Yukon look like an Escalade, we have a couple of those around here.

In 2004 I bought a used 2002 Silverado 3500HD extended cab 4wd(actually because its a dually its a 6x6)with the now discontinued 8.1L Vortec (496CID) fully loaded with all the bells and whistles.

It had 31,000 miles on it, I paid $35,000 for it. A new one went for $52,000.

Best dang truck I have ever owned, no problems at all though it does drink gas up pretty good, but with diesel selling almost 30 cents more per gallon its not such a bad thing.

The engine was condemned to be such a fuel hog you can only get it in a two ton chassis now or in a boat, actually it was originally designed as a marine engine, rock solid engine and will be highly sought after in years from now for those wanting a high displacement big block hot rod motor.

So what are the citizens going to do now? It’s a shame that municipalities can’t engage in deficit spending themselves, as much as I hate it. This would be a perfect time to retrofit the whole system - it would be a buyer’s market in terms of cost, and actually get some money out there in construction jobs. Plus having a system that WORKS, in a city that is obviously preparing for a successful future, makes it immediately more appealing to businesses looking to move or expand. Too bad our Federal economy is in such a horrible deficit situation! What’s the state’s budget like?

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if we’d taken just 10% of the money we’ve poured into Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 8 years and dumped it directly into infrastructure upgrade and maintenance. Would we have been the victims of terror attacks that would have done as much damage to America as our crumbling roads, bridges, water systems, and electrical grids have caused? Certainly the collapse of the Minneapolis I-35 Bridge alone would have been a greater catastrophe than any of these penny-ante losers who call themselves Islamic “terrorists” could have achieved.

But then I’m a real Conservative in that I believe in *conserving* the valuable things given to us from our forefathers, including all these buildings and structures built with ingenuity from the sweat of their brows. To let them disintegrate because you are too interested in present-day consumption is like letting your roof cave in because you had to buy a flat-panel TV instead of getting the leak patched.

Get the Escalade.

They are much more than an overpriced Yukon. My wife’s (ESV) has over 100,000 miles on it. It still looks, runs, rides and handles as nice as the day we bought it (used). They have to be the best tow vehicle made.

Plus, they are Cadillacs through & through . . .

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