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by **Dragmire** » Jun 05 2008 10:57:23 pm

Its poured, but the rest has been pretty tame.

What a waste of a warning.

by **Ted** » Jun 05 2008 11:28:39 pm

Made for a decent car wash.

by **John Ford** » Jun 06 2008 12:03:50 am

well, i just spent an hour alone in a tornado shelter at work. i don't recommend it, especially if you find out on your cell phone that a tornado was spotted over saylorville lake and headed in your general direction.

by **lolcat** » Jun 06 2008 06:26:47 am

Dragmire wrote:Its poured, but the rest has been pretty tame.

What a waste of a warning.

Stupid weather rerouted my flight to Milwaukee where it was then canceled and I was put up in a hotel for the night by the airport.
Time to get ready to finally get to DSM.

by **Majin Dan** » Jun 06 2008 12:14:01 pm

John Ford wrote:well, i just spent an hour alone in a tornado shelter at work. i don't recommend it, especially if you find out on your cell phone that a tornado was spotted over saylorville lake and headed in your general direction.

Nothing actually touched down in the greater Des Moines area did it? All I saw were reports of low hanging clouds.

Either way, I had one of the "it's comin' right for us" moments when they said they spotted one over Waukee.

by **John Ford** » Jun 06 2008 01:48:29 pm

yeah, that was the other one that i noticed was supposedly heading towards me. i don't think there's any confirmed reports of touchdowns (kind of like an ISU game HAW HAW HAW) but funnel clouds were spotted by at least a few people.

it's kind of freaky to be in a shelter by yourself wondering if anybody will remember you're there if the tornado does hit. such is the joy of having the entire building to myself and working with little to no supervision.

by **Xopher** » Jun 06 2008 04:59:22 pm

fuck iowa.

by **John Ford** » Jun 06 2008 06:27:02 pm

Here's some Des Moines pics:

Gray's Lake. Water is over the road.

Debris in Raccoon River.

SW 1st and Clay

You can see Graziano Bros. in the background.

Flooded riverwalk.

by **Skip** » Jun 06 2008 07:00:15 pm

Saylorville is way, way up. I bet the spillway is an awesome sight right now.

by **Charlie Foxtrot** » Jun 08 2008 06:15:48 pm

tntgs wrote:Are we ready for another pounding in the ass?

Sir, may I please have another?

by **THW** » Jun 09 2008 04:53:47 pm

tntgs just exaggerating the weather again, nothing new here.

by **12345** » Jun 10 2008 11:06:47 am

http://link.brightcove.com/services/lin ... d877032568

by **snokyguy** » Jun 10 2008 11:20:39 am

i'm pretty sure that guy is closet gay. he's only wearing a wedding ring to fend off the crazies.

by **Supplier** » Jun 12 2008 07:13:21 am

^ yer talking about shellness right?

@topic - so more flooding today? ;/

by **kazan** » Jun 12 2008 10:16:11 am

The DOT is getting ready to close Interstate 80 from I380 to Iowa 38 (Exit 267) in cedar county

detour will be I80->I380->H30->Iowa 38->I80

by **kazan** » Jun 12 2008 04:40:13 pm

that detour won't work anymore - 30 is closed

by **kazan** » Jun 12 2008 04:58:26 pm

This picture is epic

by **Max Weinberg** » Jun 12 2008 05:19:06 pm

That aint shit.

Then again I'm in Iowa City.

by **Charlie Foxtrot** » Jun 12 2008 05:22:35 pm

Hey at least the ~~Five Seasons~~ U.S. Cellular tree is still above water.

by **kazan** » Jun 12 2008 05:39:02 pm

the CR guage is down.. even if it was working it would be pegged at it's maximum reading - the latest stage estimate is 28.5 ft... crest is unknown time unknown stage

by **Dragmire** » Jun 12 2008 09:12:45 pm

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograp ... ,1,1,1,1,1

Holy dogshit batman!

over 50% higher than the record?

by **kazan** » Jun 12 2008 10:16:19 pm

yeah.. they're manually entering observations now.. it's epic

by **Ted** » Jun 12 2008 10:38:58 pm

What's the licensing on the photos posted in this thread? Can I re-upload to Wikipedia? GFDL or CC-SA?

by **kazan** » Jun 12 2008 10:51:04 pm

feel free to repost my photos under any creative commons license

by **Deadly** » Jun 12 2008 11:30:25 pm

You should probably get the original or at least a copy without the text in it if you're posting it on wikipedia.

by **C-Gir** » Jun 13 2008 12:12:38 am

Cedar Falls is has water up to 12 st and 18th is closed, or so I hear. In '93 it only got to 6th. (The river is on 1st) In '93 there also was no Dike. This is flooding worse WITH the big-ass dike. Supposedly '93 was our hundred year flood.

by **Crump's Brother** » Jun 13 2008 07:33:24 am

C-Gir wrote:Cedar Falls is has water up to 12 st and 18th is closed, or so I hear. In '93 it only got to 6th. (The river is on 1st) In '93 there also was no Dike. This is flooding worse WITH the big-ass dike. Supposedly '93 was our hundred year flood.

12th still had water as of last night, but 18th was open again.

by **kazan** » Jun 13 2008 07:45:47 am

that photo with text is not mine btw - it's the property of the Cedar RApids Gazette

by **Fancy Bits** » Jun 13 2008 08:10:02 am

Charlie Foxtrot wrote:Hey at least the ~~Five Seasons~~ ~~U.S. Cellular tree~~ Toilet brush is still above water.

by **Charlie Foxtrot** » Jun 13 2008 08:14:46 am

Fancy Bits wrote:
Charlie Foxtrot wrote:Hey at least the ~~Five Seasons~~ ~~U.S. Cellular tree~~ Toilet brush is still above water.

No doubt. IIRC, the city paid a ridiculous amount of money for this tree as the symbol for the City of Five Seasons. They then proceeded to sell out the naming rights of the Five Seasons Center to U.S. Cellular.

by **Mr. Bloodthirsty** » Jun 13 2008 08:41:11 am

You guys get your FEMA charge cards yet?

by **12345** » Jun 13 2008 09:46:54 am

here are some more updated pictures from Cedar Falls/waterloo area:

I love this one....

Bridge before it went bye bye from the water:

by **C-Gir** » Jun 13 2008 09:53:06 am

That's the waterloo bridge, right?

by **Crump's Brother** » Jun 13 2008 09:53:29 am

Here's an earlier post I made in the LTE.
Tourist/Island Park
June 9th:

June 10th, Morning:

June 10th, Evening:

Near 1st and Main
June 9th:

June 10th, Morning:

June 10th, Evening:

Near CFU on Waterloo Road
June 10th, Evening:

18th and Main
June 10th, Evening:

Highway 218 shot from the pedestrian bridge

by **Crump's Brother** » Jun 13 2008 09:55:32 am

C-Gir wrote:That's the waterloo bridge, right?

Looks like the CF bridge to me, at least the first picture is the CF bridge. If that's the case than it is still standing.

by **gonzo** » Jun 13 2008 10:07:29 am

C-Gir wrote:Cedar Falls is has water up to 12 st and 18th is closed, or so I hear. In '93 it only got to 6th. (The river is on 1st) In '93 there also was no Dike. This is flooding worse WITH the big-ass dike. Supposedly '93 was our hundred year flood.

now they're calling this a 500-year flood. I hope we don't get a 1000-year flood anytime soon.

by **12345** » Jun 13 2008 10:19:50 am

we are the contracted architects for CFU, and we were working on a renovation and addition pre flood. that project just got changed to an entire renovation! we have a company from Chicago in route at the moment that will dot he CFU. supposedly in 2 weeks they will be in and out. Cleaning it completely, taking off the sheetrock and anything they need to do to get it to the point of new construction. our phones have been ringing like crazy all morning with people needing things. the next 6 months+ are going to suck for sure but at least not as bad as in cedar rapids.

by **Crump's Brother** » Jun 13 2008 12:42:32 pm

A coworker just e-mail some aerial photos of CF.

by **gonzo** » Jun 13 2008 02:36:56 pm

my current residence is at the very top of the third picture, just a little right of center. I am kinda curious to know what the elevation of my ground floor is compared to the top of the levee. I might have been closer to getting wet than I thought.

by **Crump's Brother** » Jun 13 2008 03:17:21 pm

gonzo wrote:my current residence is at the very top of the third picture, just a little right of center. I am kinda curious to know what the elevation of my ground floor is compared to the top of the levee. I might have been closer to getting wet than I thought.

Edit: Looks like it had quite a bit to go before it hit me.

by **gonzo** » Jun 13 2008 03:37:13 pm

how did you get elevations?

by **Crump's Brother** » Jun 13 2008 03:42:54 pm

On that MapMyRun site (and just about any route site) there are elevation options. That one in particular you can see the little arrows that say "hide elevation." When it's hidden it's replaced with "show elevation."

by **gonzo** » Jun 13 2008 03:57:43 pm

well, the elevation data that thing gives doesn't seem to be worth a damn.... when I do it, it says there's 80 feet of elevation change between here and the railroad tracks by the Ice House, and I know it's far less than that. I also plotted a route along the street in front of my house, and it said there was 9' of elevation change in about 40 feet... and the street is close to level.

by **Ted** » Jun 13 2008 06:26:45 pm

Interstate 80 at NW Beaver Drive (latter street closed due to flooding)

Des Moines River at Locust Street/1st Street

Des Moines River near 2nd Ave and Center Street

A flooded home on the outskirts of northwest Des Moines near Johnston

This used to be a park

by **C-Gir** » Jun 14 2008 03:30:33 am

Those aerial pictures of CF really show what the dike is going, and how fucked the town will be if it breaches.

by **John Ford** » Jun 14 2008 11:23:29 am

Des Moines, yesterday, noonish:

Principal Park

Principal Park and Confluence

North of Principal Park

Railroad Bridge south of Court Bridge

Riverwalk light pole, Court Bridge

Ped Bridge

by **gonzo** » Jun 14 2008 03:20:56 pm

http://iowadot.gov/floods/2008gallery.html

by **mr. donnie** » Jun 16 2008 10:59:03 am

kazan wrote:there are higher res versions of these available

you can see the level had already come down some as marked by the debris lines

only lines i see in that picture are VPL. (sorry had to say it)

but wow.

my lab just called into the hybridoma core at U of I to get some antibodies, and theyre closed for the forseeable future

by **Duffman** » Jun 16 2008 02:43:49 pm

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Fort Madison under water. The picture was taken on Saturday. Only some small sections of the city are low enough to flood, but I guess there are quite a few cities on the other side of the river completely under water. This area of the Mississippi isn't supposed to crest until Wednesday so there could still be a bit more flooding left.

by **gonzo** » Jun 17 2008 01:03:24 am

the stretch of highway 57 that was under water smells like a hog confinement. I bet downtown Cedar Rapids smells just as wonderful.

by **12345** » Jun 17 2008 07:50:01 am

this is why you do not drive on flood roads. this is Hwy 1 south of Mt Vernon that was under flood waters for a few days. i cant imagine the surprise of someone as soon as their car would have hit the first chunk of concrete.

by **walk around and drink** » Jun 17 2008 08:03:58 am

holy shit.

by **Stormbringer** » Jun 17 2008 06:20:24 pm

That looks like its just north of the bridge going over the Cedar River. Damn.

From what I've seen so far, this has got to be worse that '93.

by **DTower5** » Jun 17 2008 07:43:00 pm

Get the Iowans some FEMA debit cards!

by **C-Gir** » Jun 17 2008 07:54:48 pm

Stormbringer wrote:That looks like its just north of the bridge going over the Cedar River. Damn.

From what I've seen so far, this has got to be worse that '93.

Dude, it's like 20 feet over '93. Cedar Falls didn't even HAVE a dike in 93 and it flooded worse this time.

by **Xopher** » Jun 17 2008 11:08:07 pm

the most amazing thing I saw was saylorville 4- ft below the bridge roadline on friday.

fucking stupid ass iowans staring at the water causing accidents on 35/80

by **MarcusAurelius** » Jun 17 2008 11:17:56 pm

Xopher wrote:fucking stupid ass iowans staring at the water causing accidents on 35/80

go fuck yourself, you live like what, 100 miles from the border?

by **Halt! Hammerzeit.** » Jun 17 2008 11:33:22 pm

LucasPukus wrote:Am so glad I live on a hill.

by **Fancy Bits** » Jun 17 2008 11:45:39 pm

MarcusAurelius wrote:
Xopher wrote:fucking stupid ass iowans staring at the water causing accidents on 35/80

go fuck yourself, you live like what, 100 miles from the border?

Actually I agree with him. I drive from Ames to WDSM every day.

Stop gawking and freakin move!! I hate stop-n-go traffic simply because people want to see the stupid flood waters.

by **Skip** » Jun 17 2008 11:56:31 pm

Fancy Bits wrote:I drive from Ames to WDSM every day.

that's a nasty haul

by **DTower5** » Jun 18 2008 07:08:58 am

Xopher wrote:the most amazing thing I saw was saylorville 4- ft below the bridge roadline on friday.

fucking stupid ass iowans staring at the water causing accidents on 35/80

At least our fucking bridges don't collapse numb nuts

by **Fancy Bits** » Jun 18 2008 08:34:42 am

Skip wrote:
Fancy Bits wrote:I drive from Ames to WDSM every day.
that's a nasty haul

Totally - its exactly 50 miles from my apt to the parking garage at work. But since Derek still goes to ISU, one of us is going to have to make the commute, and Derek did it for 2 years while I finished my degree.

We're just burning down the days now....after he graduates this fall we're likely to move out of state. And if we don't, next year we're moving at least to the same city we work in!!

by **Xopher** » Jun 18 2008 02:45:34 pm

DTower5 wrote:
Xopher wrote:the most amazing thing I saw was saylorville 4- ft below the bridge roadline on friday.

fucking stupid ass iowans staring at the water causing accidents on 35/80

At least our fucking bridges don't collapse numb nuts

you'd have to have a real city with a real bridge first.

by **DTower5** » Jun 18 2008 03:07:22 pm

Xopher wrote:
DTower5 wrote:
Xopher wrote:the most amazing thing I saw was saylorville 4- ft below the bridge roadline on friday.

fucking stupid ass iowans staring at the water causing accidents on 35/80

At least our fucking bridges don't collapse numb nuts

you'd have to have a real city with a real bridge first.

Yeah - real bridge indeed :leery:

Outside of the twin cities you have nothing but mine country and want to be canadians.... Such a great place to live, that you don't anymore, do you?

by **John Ford** » Jun 19 2008 07:16:27 am

so wait, "real" bridges collapse? i'll keep the ones we have now.

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