My gauge indicates we’ve gotten — gasp! — another two inches. Can that be right? I just dumped out two inches earlier this week.

Village crews responded earlier today to reports of flooded streets, but so far no residential flooding has been reported. I keep watching for dribbles in the basement, but so far, so good. Hard to believe, given that every gutter is clogged with leaves.

The stormwater inlets must be, too.   At Tuesday’s council meeting the mayor has asked residents to do their bit to keep the  inlets clear of leaves and debris. If the rain would ease up maybe some of us would even take him up on that.

In the meantime, how are you coping with the rainiest October in recent memory? Good news: It’s almost over.

DG PW crews are out in force over the weekend working on clearing damage away from buildings, roads and driveways. Most of the debris clean-up will probably happen during normal weekday work schedules.

We missed most of the rainfall. Chicago had a record rainfall yesterday and had to open the Wilmette locks to discharge overflow directly into the lake. ComEd said some 186,000 customers were without service as of late Friday afternoon. Most, about 108,000, were in the north suburbs. Another 36,000 were without power in the south suburbs, 30,000 in Chicago and another 12,000 in the west suburbs.