Historic Flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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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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Uploaded: June 13, 2008 at 6:55 am
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XmteeX (October 16, 2008 at 9:08 am)
omg yeah people have flood insurance but some cant freaking afford it. they turned off the water so we couldn't freking shower or brush our teeth so unless you live here i recommend you keep your mouth shut.
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floodwatch11108 (September 28, 2008 at 8:16 pm)
>please remain calm
>containment protocols initiated
>contact
>compile
>analyze
>contain
izzyczzunow (September 26, 2008 at 1:38 am)
Yeah I live in Cedar Rapids and I go to school downtown (the water did not make it to my school)...
armygurlmyers (September 21, 2008 at 8:00 pm)
You have the lamest come backs.
Seriously

Get a life.
WillBackbone (September 22, 2008 at 1:54 am)
yea the truth is really lame, what a simpleton
armygurlmyers (October 8, 2008 at 5:51 am)
Idiot. You obviously have no fucking idea what we've all gone through.
WillBackbone (October 8, 2008 at 2:21 pm)
My point is they should have purchased flood insurance.I wonder how many will build back and still not get the proper insurance for WHEN this happens again?They will justify not getting it due to calling it the "100 year flood plain" which means nothing as it could flood again next year. Will you then expect others to bail you out as well?Start being responsible for your own actions and stop using excuses like "Nobody told me" etc. Bottom line here is it's YOUR Fault if you didn't have flood ins
JohnTheRipper222 (September 20, 2008 at 12:47 am)
i live in Cedar Rapids. off of east post on green valley indian creek got high luckily it didn't reach my house.