How did you fair through the flooding? Havent seen you on the board. I know it was bad out there, as I left Omaha on Saturday eastbound. I 80 was closed at Iowa City/Cedar Rapids...had to take the long detour.
Anybody else know?

 

OK...TF, I see you on the board....So how did you fair, I know your area was one of the hardest hit.

 

Personally, we (my family and I) are OK. We're on high ground, so not at risk of actual flooding. Our biggest concern has been water and power. So far, no issues with either, though we did lose phone service for a while on Friday.

The river crested last night, slightly lower than expected, but still some 12' or more over flood stage. Coralville and Iowa City, as well as Cedar Rapids and lots and lots of smaller communities will be a long, long time recovering from it. What happened here is unprecedented. It makes the flood of '93 look like nothing.

Right now, most of the roads, including I-380 and I-80 around here are closed...detours are incredibly long due to the distance someone would have to travel to find a bridge that isn't under water. So if you have a route coming through Iowa, better check it.

Anyway, we'll be OK, individually and as a state. It'll just take some time to recover. Thanks for the thoughts, too.

 

I read this this morning:


I think that says alot about the kind of people you are. :wink:

 

Glad you and the family are doing swimmingly there TF.

Now...there is a silver lining to all them rain clouds. Lot's and lot's of building materials, appliances and furnishings are gonna need to be hauled to Iowa..to replace the damaged goods.




Wait...Iowa is pretty much a black hole when it comes to outbound frieght isn't it???


Aaaaaaah well... ya'all are gonna hep the economy!!

 

I had some comments there, but decided to keep them to myself. Suffice it to say that Katrina has been brought up a lot, by both national and local stations.

:?

Makes me pretty glad to be an Iowan.

That's been the whole plan all along. Didn't you know that George Bush single-handedly started this flood just for the purpose of stimulating the economy, since it didn't work when he created Hurricane Katrina?

:lol:

In all seriousness, it has been pretty neat to see everyone coming out and helping like they are. They put up a phone number and/or a location for sand bagging help needed and it's not too long before they're turning people away because they have too many people.

It's been hard work and I've seen some pretty incredible things this past week. But all the same, I'll be happy when things are back to normal.

 

More to the point, they aren't complaining that GWB didn't warn them ahead of time that the flooding was going to happen.

 

Glad to see that the Batcave and all who dwell inside are safe. :wink:

Hopefully the skies will quiet down soon. It seems when the Midwest is done with their storms, they come East and wreck havoc here. :lol: It's amazing what people can accomplish when they pull together and help themselves.

 

Yeah, cities and towns around here are now in full recovery mode. But it'll take time.

The danger, however, is far from past. Water flows downriver and those towns on the Mississippi are getting it now. There's a report this morning that a major levy on the Illinois side in Davenport just gave way and another is threatened.

It'll be rough for quite some time to come and all the way down the Mississippi.

 

TF, could you tell me how Ainsworth and Kalona Iowa have faired? Have a family farm in Ainsworth and nobody has heard a thing from them. Believe the farm was on the northeastern outskirts of Ainsworth with Rt. 218 cutting through some of the fields from when it was widened.