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Above is a shot of a driainpipe over on the 900 block of Pine St from about 3p yesterday. About 2.5' above street level is a leak in the cast iron pipe leading straight to the sewer. That was almost 24 hours ago and it's only been raining harder since. I'm going to imagine there's a leak much higher up the pipe, most likely in the aluminum leading into it by now.

Remarkably, the sewer across the street and up the block about 20' from our house is completely unobstructed and draining nicely. But I do know that about 1/3 of the houses in Philly have flooded basements right now and raw sewage is flowing freely into both rivers. Something's gotta be done about that. I hope Mayor Nutter's given the Next Great City's action plan a good read and especially the sewer section.

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