A little too late. This was a tragedy that should have never happened. Now the Mayor is looking into it. After 4 people have died. Accountability is what is needed. Someone, a department or the Mayor needs to be held accountable for this. I pray for the innocent victims. I can only imagine what that poor woman and her children went through. Very tragic.

IT’S JUST THE WAY ALL AGENCYS WORK THESE DAY’S ONLY WHEN THERE IS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WILL ANYONE SPEND THE MONEY TO FINALLY FIX A PROBLEM. SAD WAY TO HAVE TO GO. WAIT TO HAVE FATALITIES THEN FIX THE PROBLEM. I THINK PENN DOT HAS SOME CONTROL OF WASHINGTON BLVD ALSO, SO GOOD LUCK TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS ONE!!!

OF COURSE THE DRAINS WERE CLOGGED IT DOESNT TAKE A ENGINEER TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT !!!!!
THE PROBLEM IS THE STORM DRAINS ARE BEING CHANGED ALL OVER THE AREA THEY ARE NOT OPEN LIKE THEY ONCE WERE SMALLER DRAIN HOLES SO LESS GARABAGE- STUFF- IS DRAINED INTO THE RIVER SO WHEN IT RAINS HARD, LEAVES ETC.. GET PUSHED ON TO AND CLOGGES THE DRAIN I SEEN IT BEFORE ALL OVER THE AREA SO THIS DEATH OCCURED JUST BECASE THE TREE HUGGERS,EPA,THATS TOO BAD ! THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE THE ONES HELD ACCOUNTABLE

They better look at that construction site on top of the hill that is sending all that garbage onto Washingtom Blvd. There was never a problem for years now it fills up like a bath tub. Somene needs to be held accountable, especially after the flood in july. The ones pointing the fingers are the ones responsible.

Shuman detention cent should be relocated on top of the man hole

What a shame! what the hell is wrong with our state and federal agencies responsible for making sure this does not happen. Its not like this was the first time major flooding has occured in this area! It has now taken multiple people lives to make people wake upt! I hope the families of the victims hammer those responsible with a a hefty lawsuit. Quit worrying about saving the fish or polluting the already polluted river and do something!

I agree that it is a sad day because people lost their lives, and I agree that there might be a faulty storm sewer system. But why were so many people caught in the flooded waters? When I went to driver’s training many years ago, you were always taught NOT to go near pooled water on roadways since you can’t tell how deep it actually is. KDKA TV had mentioned it on their newscast that morning, which they do frequently when the weather is expected to rain a lot in a short period of time. Why were so many people caught in the flooded waters? Why didn’t they turn around and go back when they saw the water?

Paul – you are correct that we are told over and over again not to go through pooled water because you can’t tell how deep or rough it may be. Perhaps this happened so quickly that they didn’t see it? I don’t know. I do know one thing, of late in the Pgh. area in general, we have been getting a lot of storms where it rains a lot in a short period of time. If this is the weather pattern to come, we need to make certain that the infrastructure is up to par.

Luke and mike Huss did it again! The snow storm, ANOTHER flood on Wash Blvd…are these two, again, the only two in Pittsburgh who don’t know about the flooding? Or the impending storm?

This town oozes incompetence…maybe the perfect storm will be a Republican election!!!