Historic Flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa


PlusHistoric Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IowaHistoric Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IowaThe Associated PressThe Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving much of downtown underwater. (June 12)Steve Shriver/owns flooded business "Something is collapsing over there.""What do you think it is?""I think it's a parking garage." (TRACK) CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA IS FALLING APART AS THE CEDAR RIVER SWALLOWS THE CITY. IT LOOKS MORE LIKE VENICE, ITALY THAN THE MIDDLE OF IOWA. Steve Shriver/owns flooded business"The river is literally running through buildings." (TRACK) STEVE SHRIVER OWNS AN ORGANIC LIP BALM BUSINESS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN. AND HIS PRODUCTION ROOM IS IN THE BASEMENT...SEVERAL FEET UNDER WATER. Steve Shriver/owns flooded business"we have a million sticks of lip balm sitting in the at building waiting to be shipped out, that we cannot reach." (TRACK) DESPITE DAYS OF PREPARING FOR THE FLOOD, NOTHING WAS ABLE TO STOP THE WATER FROM RISING INTO DOWNTOWN. SOT:(Tom Aller/Pres., Interstate Power and Light Alliant Energy) "Water has risen to the point where all of downtown is really under water. All of our steam system is down and under water so the major customers of steam, such as quaker oats and folks like that are out. And our electric system is out as well." MARK CARLSON/STANDUP CEDAR RAPIDS CEDAR RAPIDS IS OVER RUN BY AN UNIMAGINEABLE AMOUNT OF WATER. THE CEDAR RIVER IS TAKING WITH IT ANYTHING IT CAN AS FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO RISE. (TRACK)The city has put an evacuation order in and that's helping because the workers are not coming downtown." The amount of flooding in this area is unprecedented and no one knows how long it could take to get back to normal. SOT:(Tom Aller/Pres., Interstate Power and Light Alliant Energy) "As far as what we're telling our customers, we're talking about an indefinite outage here, for sure." Steve Shriver/owns flooded businessNats "deep sigh" IT'S JUST TOO MUCH TO LOOK AT FOR SHRIVER. HIS LIVELY HOOD IS UNDER WATER. Steve Shriver/owns flooded business"There is no insurance to cover it. We need some sort of help from FEMA." FOR NOW, ALL ANYONE CAN DO IS WATCH THE WATER RISE. MARK CARLSON, AP, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA.







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jamessmellsagain (September 7, 2008 at 3:13 am)
dont watch it raise do what my uncles ues to do get on the jet skis :P
Rusfi7 (September 3, 2008 at 3:00 pm)
Doesn't matter if you had flood insurnace or not.The city of CR is still demanding that us devastated flood victims pay our upcoming property taxes on our flooded homes.Wonderful (callous)show of support there.
highheat708 (September 3, 2008 at 9:06 am)
Some of these people do have insurance.... but not everybody can afford it. I know elderly people downtown who don't drink, smoke, play lottery, or watch nascar. They can't afford insurance and would be helpless if it wasn't for the strong community.

When most of Cedar Rapids flood plain was evacuated, the river was estimated to rise to about 22-24 feet... it crested over 31 feet. There was no way they could have expected that serious of a flood.

Backbone you're just an assfuck
MasterMayo (August 26, 2008 at 2:03 pm)
and omg...did anyone see downtown from the bridge at night? the city looked abandoned, now THAT was scary...

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