UPDATE: the break has been patched to some degree and the crew is finishing their cleanup as of now (10:15 PM) Tilly Mill Road is back open. There was no service shutoff and no boil water advisory. Dodged a big bullet there. There's going to be some big metal plates in the road. Heads up for those if you're passing through during tomorrow's traffic.
That growing lake at Briers North Drive is not the result of our subdivision rehearsing for Halloween.
Some time around 9 or 10-ish this morning a major water line broke under the street just south of Briers North on Tilly Mill Road.
Tilly Mill Road is closed and Briers North Drive is closed to all non-residents.
There is no boil water advisory however if you live in the area, fill your bathtubs and stock up on drinking water. They're expecting repairs to be ongoing "through the night".
Just got pictures....
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| When we left for Mass this morning, this stream was a small enough puddle that we thought a neighbor accidentally left their garden hose on. Apparently not. |
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| DeKalb County sent a crew out and they are working here to find the valve (one of several required) to stop the water flow. What's that in the background behind the crewman's right shoulder? |
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| Oh, that's just the GEYSER created when the backhoe was brought in to dig into the street and find the leak. It started as a slow-ish trickle up through a buckle somewhere down the asphalt. |
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| Yes, this is real and when these pictures were taken was at least 20 feet high. The water exploded through the concrete when the crew started digging for the leak. This is at the Madisons subdivision. Tilly Mill road is closed to all non-residents from Eidson up to about Laurelwood. |
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| Thank you, DeKalb on-call crew. |
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| The scary part. When the water burst through the paving, it literally RAINED chunks of concrete. Right onto the crew trucks. This windshield didn't survive. |
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