Although the Turtle Creek Valley got the worst of the storms, Monroeville didn't get away unscathed.

Fourth Ward residents, particularly those in the University Park housing plan, watched water turn their yards into swamps.

Eric Schmuck of Hawkeye Drive said that he saw 39 inches of water lift his car in its garage and slam it into the abutting walls. The flooding occurs at least twice a year despite the fact that University Park is built on a hill.

The housing plan floods at least twice a year because of the lack of storm sewers in the area, said Hajduk, who has lived in the housing plan for 10 years. But this latest rain caused more damage in an hour than some of those floods combined.

The flooding was so bad that residents called a meeting last week with about 30 to 50 people showing up at Hawkeye Park to talk about the issue with 4th Ward Councilman Jim Brown.

Flooding is a culmination of several factors -- the lack of storm sewers, a new road being put in with curbs that aren't conducive to the running water and a ditch behind homes on Vanderbilt meant to accommodate water that's now only partially existent, Hajduk said.

"Don't get me wrong. I'm glad they made the roads smoother but it has had an impact -- and people coming and developing their properties has made that ditch go away," Hajduk said.

Brown agreed that University Park has a severe shortage of storm water management infrastructure.

"When it was built in the 1960s, there was really no storm water management installed," Brown said. "There were really only a couple outlets here and there."

Brown said he intends to get funding to have an engineering study done to find the best place to install catch basins.

"Before you install a system you have to have a plan for one," Brown said.

Hajduk said some residents have already taken steps to cut down on the flooding including installing French drains and their own internal pump systems.