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Here's a video from early yesterday
Jun. 13th, 2008 05:17 amhttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/13/iowa.flooding/index.html?eref=rss_us#cnnSTCVideo
It's gotten much, much worse since then. Yippee.
It's gotten much, much worse since then. Yippee.
Jun. 13th, 2008
This was taken from I-380, the highway that goes through the middle of downtown and um, obviously the only bridge that is high enough to remain open. If this floods? The rest of E IA is underwater. This is a picture from the front page of www.gazetteonline.com, the website for CR's main newspaper.
( Behind a cut cuz it's a big pic and I care about my flists. )
The picture in the middle is Mays Island, which is the municipal building for Cedar Rapids/Linn County. The Linn Co jail is beyond that. On the left, the small brown building is the Federal Courthouse. To the left of that is a small white building and beyond that small white building is a tall white building. The tall white building is Alliant Tower; it's the head quarters for power to most of Eastern Iowa. The small white building is my work.
ETA: I should mention that the right most tree on the left side and beyond that, the swirly white thing (parking garage) are normally on the river's edge. In addition, there are grounds around Mays Island you can't see. This is one side of the river, of course, there's more on the other side of Mays Island. Oh and the lines across the river are the tops of the railings of the bridges for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Avenue.
( Behind a cut cuz it's a big pic and I care about my flists. )
The picture in the middle is Mays Island, which is the municipal building for Cedar Rapids/Linn County. The Linn Co jail is beyond that. On the left, the small brown building is the Federal Courthouse. To the left of that is a small white building and beyond that small white building is a tall white building. The tall white building is Alliant Tower; it's the head quarters for power to most of Eastern Iowa. The small white building is my work.
ETA: I should mention that the right most tree on the left side and beyond that, the swirly white thing (parking garage) are normally on the river's edge. In addition, there are grounds around Mays Island you can't see. This is one side of the river, of course, there's more on the other side of Mays Island. Oh and the lines across the river are the tops of the railings of the bridges for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Avenue.
More perspective?
Jun. 13th, 2008 08:16 amI found something that might help those who aren't from this area understand the utter devastation we're going through. You saw the aerial pic I showed you, where the bridges are completely underwater. Here's more comparisons:
( Under the cut because I'm *still* polite. )
( Under the cut because I'm *still* polite. )
Watch this video
Jun. 13th, 2008 05:21 pmhttp://www.kcrg.com/floodwatch/coverage/19891824.html?video=YHI&t=a
This is from about 10 AM this morning. You will see my work building as they go past Mays Island, in the upper right corner of the picture. It's a little white cube with a black side of windows.
THE END IS NEAR
Jun. 13th, 2008 07:09 pmThe river crested earlier today at 31.12 feet, approximately 7 feet higher than predicted. It's now starting to fall, slowly, and they expect us to be under major flood stage by Friday afternoon.
They've found the first body; a 59 year-old woman found in her basement on the SW side.
My dad's boss and one of his co-workers were let into our building, through our skywalk to grab things they need to get the company at least partially up. Thankfully, the IT department is on the third floor.
Early estimates state that we won't be back into the building and working for at least a month. However, once they get the system up and stable, the majority of us have the capability of working from home, and those who don't will have access to a data center for which 250 computers have already been ordered.
FEMA has confirmed that 438 city blocks of Cedar Rapids are under at least 5 feet of water.
It's already showing signs of starting to recede.
They've found the first body; a 59 year-old woman found in her basement on the SW side.
My dad's boss and one of his co-workers were let into our building, through our skywalk to grab things they need to get the company at least partially up. Thankfully, the IT department is on the third floor.
Early estimates state that we won't be back into the building and working for at least a month. However, once they get the system up and stable, the majority of us have the capability of working from home, and those who don't will have access to a data center for which 250 computers have already been ordered.
FEMA has confirmed that 438 city blocks of Cedar Rapids are under at least 5 feet of water.
It's already showing signs of starting to recede.