I worked for the Fire Department at the time. We had many instances where a pumper or ambulance would make it to a call and then get stranded by the rising water. In some cases the equipment was even destroyed.
I also got stranded near the hospital district while trying to get home. What a mess that night was.
That's really bad. In March of 1992, we had flooding and I had stay at school at 4:00 PM. I heard some had to stay until 8:00 PM.