Toledo, Ohio the Venice of the Midwest

Blade - "Fight against blight needs fresh ideas":http://www.toledoblade.com/Keith-Burris/2014/06/16/Fight-against-blight-needs-fresh-ideas.html - _"City's abandonment, ugliness must be reversed"_

Fresh idea: Toledo should transition toward being the Venice of the Midwest.

more.

--Douglas Rd near Laskey on June 25, 2014--
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2.20 inches of rain fell in 90-minutes over West Toledo this afternoon, swamping some roads, during rush hour traffic. With that much rain falling in such a short period of time, some street flooding is expected, I guess. Toledo Express Airport averages 3.57 inches of rainfall for the entire month of June.

For some reason, this stretch of Douglas Rd typically floods when we get a toad-strangler. It's located by the Douglas Square Apartments, north of Gracewood, and just south of Laskey. I heard that Sylvania Ave flooded by the Family Dollar store near Drummond, and that's also a usual flooded spot.

*Today is June 25.*  Same thing happened six years ago today.

Toledo Talk - June 25, 2008 - "Heavy rain and the usual street flooding":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/18254/Heavy_rain_and_the_usual_street_flooding_-_June_2008

--Douglas Rd near Laskey on June 25, 2008--
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Apparently, June is prime-time for this type of weather for Toledo.

Past Toledo Talk threads:

* June 26, 2006 - "Toledo Flooded ... With Questions":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/26/2630 that pointed to a June 25, 2006 Blade "story":http://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2006/06/25/Storm-water-project-little-comfort-to-homeowners.html - the Toledo flooding rains occurred on June 21-22 that year.
* June 3, 2007 - "Deluge and usual street flooding":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/20/3843

Douglas just south of Laskey on June 3, 2007
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And sometimes in July.

* Toledo Talk  -  July 12, 2006 - "More Flooding Today - Are the Waterway Improvements Working?":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/12/2711 that pointed to a historymike blog "posting":http://historymike.blogspot.com/2006/07/heavy-rains-bring-new-round-of-toledo.html
* Toledo Talk - July 14, 2006 "comment":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/12/2711#32539

Douglas just south of Laskey on July 14, 2006
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That was a rough stretch from 2006 through 2008.

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