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Jerome Williams his neighbor Rodney Hewitt wear boots walk around their flooded property 138th Street DoltIll. Monday March 11 2013.

Jerome Williams and his neighbor Rodney Hewitt wear boots to walk around their flooded property on 138th Street in Dolton, Ill., Monday, March 11, 2013. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Flooded street 700 block East 41st Street Monday March 11 2013. | John H. White~Sun-Times

Flooded street, 700 block of East 41st Street, Monday, March 11, 2013. | John H. White~Sun-Times

Flooded street 59th Street Cottage Grove Avenue Monday March 11 2013. | John H. White~Sun-Times

Flooded street, 59th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, Monday, March 11, 2013. | John H. White~Sun-Times

Water pours out from pump 200 block 138th Street DoltIll. Monday March 11 2013. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Water pours out from a pump in the 200 block of 138th Street in Dolton, Ill., Monday, March 11, 2013. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Jerome Williams stands knee-deep water his back yard 200 block E. 138th Street DoltIll. Monday March 11 2013. | Brian

Jerome Williams stands knee-deep in water in his back yard in the 200 block of E. 138th Street, in Dolton, Ill., Monday, March 11, 2013. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Jerome Williams stands knee-deep in water in his back yard in the 200 block of E. 138th Street in Dolton, Ill., Monday, March 11, 2013. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Jerome Williams and his neighbor Rodney Hewitt wear boots to walk around their flooded property on 138th Street in Dolton, Ill., Monday, March 11, 2013. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Rising waters Des Plaines River near Big Bend Road Hawthorne Lane Des Plaines Ill. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

Rising waters of the Des Plaines River near Big Bend Road and Hawthorne Lane in Des Plaines, Ill. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

Rising waters Des Plaines River near bridge RRoad Des Plaines Illinois. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

Rising waters of the Des Plaines River near the bridge at Rand Road in Des Plaines, Illinois. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

If it feels like it has been particularly soggy this year, you’re not imagining things. Between snow and rain, Chicago — and much of the rest of Illinois — has doubled the amount of precipitation it typically experiences in any given year by March 10. …