May's (not) Island in Cedar Rapids
It's just staggering, isn't it?
31 foot high crest, nearly 20 feet over flood stage.
Dealing with people who don't want to leave their flood-ravaged homes.
Iowa, Jones, and Cedar counties are virtually impassable.
Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids had to evacuate. They're at least a mile away from the river, if I remember correctly, but I bet that building goes way underground.
Iowa City will be 10 feet above flood stage, maybe even higher, and it won't crest for another five days.
Backflow prevention in Coralville is just delaying the inevitable. At least it'll give people time.
Anamosa has contaminated water.
The Water department in Cedar Rapids asked for volunteers to save the last well there. 1200 people showed up to help.
Nevertheless, water conservation in Cedar Rapids may last for weeks. 25% or less of normal usage is needed.
And Iowa City's Dairy Queen may be screwed again by mother nature.
Lots of video and pics at the Cedar Rapids Gazette, whose coverage has been outstanding.
Also check out the Jeff Tibbetts photostream at Flickr.
1 comments:
i wish someone would ask the mayor/city council if they are still going to go forward with wasting money on building a "waterfront" tourist destination. hell the river just did it for free. maybe saving that money and building some other bridges or water plants would be a better use of money.
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