NORWALK, Conn. Water lapped the sidewalks of SoNo businesses during Hurricane Irene, but all it took early Wednesday afternoon was a high tide. Sure, Water Street floods all the time, but this time the water was more widespread, stretching from Haviland to well past Raymond Street.
"It's a high tide combined with an east wind," said one man. "The wind comes in and holds the water in."
"This happens every time there's a change of the season, every time," another man said.
One man said it was three-feet deep between SoNo Baking Company and the Ishoda Yacht Club. Anyone parked at Sono Seaport was blocked in, unless they wanted to risk getting salt water in their engine compartment.
"You go over salt water it takes your car out," said one man, as he watched a car with a New York plate take a right on Hartford Place, after going past the orange barrels left by the department of public works.
Businesses on Water Street cannot afford flood insurance, a businessman said. "Blame the federal government," one onlooker said. "They could raise the road but they don't want to spend the money."
One driver lost his license plate in the water. A worker from the Lillian August warehouse store fished it out and said he would turn it over to Norwalk Police.
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