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Bottomless pit?
A McCook resident steps cautiously toward the sink hole that appeared in her backyard after torrential rains -- up to three inches within about 30 minutes -- drenched McCook late Tuesday morning. The lake created on the tennis courts at West Fifth and D overwhelmed a short drainage curb cut and rushed over the full length of the east court's curb. The waterfall picked up speed as it cascaded down the retaining wall, washed across the alley, swamped a low-lying back yard and streamed toward the south down the alley. It poured over the edge of the tennis court and flood West Fifth. What all that moving water behind was the sink hole of indeterminate depth. City crews erected snow fence around the hole to keep kids and pets away. At the downhill end of the alley, City of McCook public works director Kyle Potthoff tossed debris from the gutter grate to relieve the dam of water; streets department employee Tony Rouse came along with a shovel to move the grate. City manager Nate Schneider, background, was surveying storm damage throughout town.
