Those folks who live in the St. Louis area expecting mail or parcels from the U.S. Postal Service may find themselves waiting a little longer for them to show up. Water in the basement took the Market Street distribution center in downtown St. Louis offline after torrential rains caused flooding on Tuesday, July 26. This is according to stories from emissourian.com and eseller365.com.
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Emissourian characterized the problems at the distribution center as an “emergency” and cited social media posts from the St. Louis Fire Department that the department responded to the distribution center because of a report of smoke in the basement. However, the main thrust of their article was how the flooding in general could hamper mail delivery in the St. Louis area for a couple of days.
Eseller365.com, a website for those engaging in internet selling, did a better job at talking about what happened at the Market Street distribution center and the problems it may cause for postal customers whose packages normally go through that center.
They report that the USPS issued an industry alert notice Tuesday night stating that the Market Street distribution center has been temporarily closed due to flooding and that mail would be diverted to a Parcel Support Annex in Hazelwood…