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Vy am I dripping vif goo?
We used to explore many of the storm drains that went under the neighborhood I grew up in. On foot until we realized you could fit a bicycle down there (tunnels were about 4-5 ft tall. We used to use beater bikes in case we had to ditch them, added baskets to carry the gigantic Ray-O-Vac lanterns we had. Later on we found a (probably stolen) abandoned Honda scooter that we got running and used to ride it in parts of the tunnels.
Even storm drains are not immune to gas buildup. Methane was a real concern from decomposing organic matter (leaves mostly). Normally it was safe in the summer, most of the fall leaves were washed out by winter and spring storms so that is when we used to go in there. We even made a crude map of the tunnels with entry/exit points marked on them and figured out how to get practically everywhere in our little town via the drains.
It was illegal to be in the storm drains. Couple of buddies caught (juvenile) criminal trespass cites for getting caught in there. Now post 9-11 I bet getting caught in the storm drains would get you a trip to gitmo or something.
We must have gone in those things from about 11 years old until I was 13-14 and once in all those years did I see the water run full bore in them. It was immediately after a hurricane passed over Long Island. The storm had passed so we went to see how our "fort" and BMX track had fared in the storm. The drains had an entrance right by the track and the water was flowing full height out of both 5ft drains. It was amazing to see that much water moving that fast.