Help Us Chart Ocean City's Most Flooded Intersections

When a thunderstorm dumped a couple inches of rain on Ocean City in a relatively quick cloudburst on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 11), there was nowhere for the water to drain. 

The tide was high, and water met water in the storm drain system. The result: many of Ocean City's streets were left underwater.

Through our website and Facebook page, Ocean City residents and visitors submitted some dramatic photos of the brief storm's aftermath (see gallery above). The images show children swimming and cars sinking in the streets.

Flooding is a way of life on the low-lying barrier island of Ocean City. Storms blow ocean and bay water over dunes and bulkheads. Full and new moons sometimes send water bubbling backwards through the storm-drain system. And heavy rains add to the watery mix.

For some, it's a chance to play in the streets. For property owners, it's a potential threat to cars and homes. For one councilman, it's one of the . 

But for anybody connected with Ocean City, it helps to know where the flooding is worst.

So we're asking residents to help us place more pins in the map above. Tell us in the comments section below which intersections see the worst flooding. And, if you have photos, please add them to this article. Just click on the "Upload Photos and Videos" link.

The pins in the map above are based solely on photo submissions and comments we've received so far. With your help, we'll steadily fill out the map with more detail.

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See also: Flooding in Ocean City, NJ on Facebook.

Steve Cole and Marty Mozzo, neighbors in the Merion Park section of Ocean City, started the Facebook page after a Fourth Ward meeting hosted by Councilman Pete Guinosso.

"Both of us are tired of the flooding," Mozzo said. "It really destroys the quality of life. We knew that the entire island has issues, not much really was being done, and we want to try to get residents to post comments/photos on the page so that others will know it's a big problem."
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