Unprecedented flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tens of thousands have evacuated, water levels have eclipsed the 500-year flood plain, historic buildings including city hall have been inundated by ten feet of water or more, safe, potable water levels are dropping and the main power plant is threatened.
DemocraticOz blogs... ""Unprecedented." Iowa Flooding - w/ photos"
The Cedar Rapids Gazette: How to help people in Cedar Rapids
extensive blogging and photos from The Outdoor Sportsman
From David's Blog: Cedar Rapids, IA: I Can’t Believe I Live Here
And in Blencoe, Iowa, Boy Scouts praised as heroes after twister kills 4
DemocraticOz blogs... ""Unprecedented." Iowa Flooding - w/ photos"
"The worst flooding Cedar Rapids has ever seen." That's how the morning talk show host on 600 WMT-AM just described the devastation. Make no mistake - this is a flood of epic proportions. Nothing like this has been seen in Eastern Iowa in recorded history....
The Cedar Rapids Gazette: How to help people in Cedar Rapids
We, admittedly, don't have all the answers yet. But here is some information we can pass along. We will provide more information as it becomes available to us. One idea is to use the 'article comment' feature below to tell people what is needed which can act as a community bulletin.
extensive blogging and photos from The Outdoor Sportsman
The Flood of 2008 has caused and will continue to cause major damage in Cedar Rapids, IA. Here are some Railroad Bridge Collapsed pictures of one of the railroad bridges that had collapsed into the Cedar River. The railroad company had placed railcars full or rocks and boulders on the bridge in hopes that the water would not lift it off of it’s support beams and float away, but the railcars did not work. Mother Nature won the battle with this bridge, but the city of Cedar Rapids is going to win the war!!!!!
From David's Blog: Cedar Rapids, IA: I Can’t Believe I Live Here
So I’m currently home from work today. Routes to Iowa City from Cedar Rapids dwindle. And the flood is now hitting Iowa City hard, roads flood and close by the minute there…and their river isn’t expected to crest until the middle of next week. So I have no desire to go to work and possibly be trapped in Iowa City, which is so bizarre to realize such an event is likely. And all roads are congested as hell. So sitting in my car for 4 hours round trip with 4 dollar gas is a no-go for me.
And in Blencoe, Iowa, Boy Scouts praised as heroes after twister kills 4
Putting their first-aid training to use, they applied tourniquets and gauze to the injured. Some began digging victims from the rubble of a collapsed chimney. And others broke into an equipment shed, seized chainsaws and other tools, and started clearing fallen trees from a road.
Dozens of the Scouts, ages 13 to 18, were hailed for their bravery and resourcefulness Thursday, the morning after a twister flattened their camp in Iowa and killed four boys.
