Eastern Iowa is an utter Fn disaster. The 2nd largest city in the state, Cedar Rapids, and its main business area, a major cog of the city and Iowa’s economy is in ruin. It could be at least weeks before the water will go down.
Cedar Rapids(CR)is in Katrina like conditions(for a twisted analogy, the majority of the homes under water are lived in by poor white people)and maybe a worse disaster than New Orleans because the water flow of the river’s force is unstoppable. It keeps going and going. Taking Sewage, trucks, bridges, debris, oil, gas with it at very swift pace.
As of now 400-500K population is directly affected and whole major communities down river are still in peril. Part of my college’s campus, U of Iowa, is about to be destroyed in the upcoming days. The water everywhere will crest about 20 feet higher than what is officially measured a FLOOD! This is without any more rain.
Corn prices are already tripling with flooded fertile farmland now deep swamps and the environmental effects could be permanent. There is no end in sight.
I do not want to talk about how 500K troops should be in Iowa right now, instead of double that in these military bases all over the world. It fires me up.
So FEMA to the rescue? Os does Chertoff save the day?
Those were jokes just like our federal govt really protecting the homeland with all the tax money we give them in boondoggle “defense” spending.
Pictures of CR’s tragedy of epic proportions. http://www.flickr.com/photos/buckcash/sets/72157605603288441/with/2576282275/
Recap and more pictures from a post on my blog.
http://digg.com/world_news/Extreme_Flooding_in_Eastern_Iowa_U_of_Iowa_campus_in_Peril
ps. A great kid I knew well in college died at the age of 30 last year with a rare disease and he was from CR. In some Fd up way, it might be better that never saw the hometown that he loved so proudly in this sad state.
You will always be my dog Roby. CR Stylee Forever!
