Iowa floods ‘08

Notorious Sock Knitters | June 16, 2008
By Alice in the Heartland

Just to let everyone know I’m still alive, high and dry, but not unaffected by the recent floods in Iowa. With the closing of many roads in eastern Iowa due to flooding my DH had to drive almost 200 miles round trip to get to work last week. We are fortunate to live on high ground but the Iowa river is right out our front door. If you’d like to see some photos beyond what’s been on the news I suggest this website:

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

They have some amazing photos of I-80 and the damage flood water does to roadways.  I’ve also put public photos on flickr  so  you  can see what it was like  near me. I’m sure lots of other folks have posted photos of the flooding as well.

Most of eastern Iowa is still dealing with active flooding so it will be awhile before life seems normal. Luckily DH stayed healthy during all this as the hospital we normally use in Cedar Rapids is the one that had to be evacuated. My prayers and thoughts to everyone downstream from us and get your sandbags ready as a whole lot of water is on it’s way. At least 3 rivers in Iowa set record high levels and they all drain into the Mississippi.

Anyway, back to your regular knitting blog. Happy knitting, Alice