Shirley Howard sighed as the rain pounded down in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. Water seeped into her basement again, right by her new washing machine.
“Some more work has to be done,” she said. “I’m telling you it’s so frustrating.”
It was just over a year ago that she was pulling debris out of a nearby storm drain in a desperate attempt to drain water out of her basement bedroom. Her grandson’s sneakers and notebooks were floating on inches of water…