So yesterday I got off site early due to the illness of my fight scene partner. I made the long trek home, as I came near down town traffic started backing up as it is want to do. So I got in my normal lane and stayed there as I usually do. It wasn't till we came down near the down town core that the problem appeared. What I thought was going to be a accident on the side of the road was actually sections of the highway shut off due to flooding. I was lucky in that I came through about 3-4pm before they really started shutting things down. As I moved father down, my normal exit of the Tollway was blocked off, probably because the low area around the toll plaza was flooded. Then the fun sights started appearing. Down near parkland and that stretch along 35. the service roads were flooded out, cars swept aside or sitting low in the water. I watched a DFD engine wade its way through the waters to reach a car with water up to the top of the wheels. As I came under the change over to 183 from 35 the right hand side of southbound 35 was starting to flood. In the photo below the area of road between the hood of my truck and the water is the right lane of 35, some where under that water is the curb, the grass, and the service road. That poor car is probably on the far right side of the service road. I got home after about a hour and forty five min. Some folks were stuck for twice that.
