Saturday was a hot and humid day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Despite the 98 degree heat index, people were still going out to enjoy summer while it lasted. Some people went to see the Milwaukee Brewers dominate the game. Some went to the Wisconsin State Fair. Some went down to lakefront. But as the day started to turn into evening, things rapidly changed. Clouds rolled in quickly and the burst over the city. During the next 8 hours, Milwaukee and the surrounding suburbs would see up to 15 inches of rain fall in the next eight hours. Meteorologists said that it broke all Wisconsin records and called it a 500 year event
State Fair was underwater and forced to close early and remained closed on Sunday. Thousands of cars became submerged in flood waters. People were wading through water up their