Dreaming of a wet Christmas? Pilsen gets blanketed with water instead of snow

Dreaming of a wet Christmas? Pilsen gets blanketed with water instead of snow
Ashland at 21st Flickr/Connie Ma
Dreaming of a wet Christmas? Pilsen gets blanketed with water instead of snow
Ashland at 21st Flickr/Connie Ma

Dreaming of a wet Christmas? Pilsen gets blanketed with water instead of snow

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Oh, folks in Pilsen awoke this morning to a white wet Christmas. That’s not snow, kids. That’s water. A water main broke and flooded streets in the near Southwest neighborhood this morning. Our Flickr pool came to the rescue as Connie Ma grabbed these great photos in the wee hours. You can see them all here

Ashland and 21st (Flickr/Connie Ma)
Pilsen (Flickr/Connie Ma)
21st and Cullerton (Flickr/Connie Ma)
(Flickr/Connie Ma)

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