Residents Finally Back Home at Four Lakes

The residents of Lisle's Towers at Four Lakes, displaced from their apartments for 59 days, returned home on Saturday in good cheer and palpable relief — even if a light drizzle seemed like a bit of an unfortunate callback.

"We don't really need rain moving in," resident Elva Rodriguez observed to the Daily Herald, "because that's what caused us to move out!"

Otherwise, however, it was a celebratory affair, the Suburban Life reports, as the residents of 450 units affected by the mid-April flooding (3.5 million gallons of water in the two towers' basements and parking garage, taking out electricity and mechanical systems) finally got to come home.

“It was harder than we’d thought," resident Mark Cloonan told the paper of the two-month exile, during which he and his fiancée had to live separately. Another resident, Sam Pancotto, lost a new car to the floods—but likes his newer one even better, the paper said.

Returning residents were greeted by the president and vice president of Marquette Management , Lisle Mayor Joe Broda and Community Manager Sandra Kowalczyk and student volunteers from Montini Catholic High School; they also each got a $100 Jewel-Osco gift card to help restock.

"We have a steady pace of residents coming home and it's nice to see that," Broda told the Herald. "It's a sign of relief. It's the first step to getting your life back together."

Read more at the Daily Herald and Suburban Life websites.