The Flood of 2008
This is for all/any of you who watch the national news (I think it may have shown up there) or live in Iowa. Yes, I live in Iowa. :">


We are having a Flood of 2008 here in the Midwest. The Cedar River is now expected to crest at 24 feet above normal height. I managed to get two X-3D shots so far of some really absurd flooding...hopefully I'll have a chance to get more soon.


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A dipping walkway. You can see how high the water has advanced up the railing of the walkway. You can also see one of the six nearby bridges in the distance; this bridge and the others have cylindrical supports going down into the river's bottom. These supports are two to three times as tall as the height of the bridge portion that you can see now...that gives you all an idea of how high the water is.

[img]http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff147/Jedi_Mediator/flood08_2.jpg[/img]
This part of the park nearby has been almost completely engulfed in water. Right there I'm standing on the stairway that leads down onto the lower pathway, which is totally underwater. As you can see (or can't see), most of the trees in this lower area are partially underwater as well. See that road on the right? If predictions are correct, that road will no longer be visible by tomorrow.
This is for all/any of you who watch the national news (I think it may have shown up there) or live in Iowa. Yes, I live in Iowa. :">





We are having a Flood of 2008 here in the Midwest. The Cedar River is now expected to crest at 24 feet above normal height. I managed to get two X-3D shots so far of some really absurd flooding...hopefully I'll have a chance to get more soon.





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A dipping walkway. You can see how high the water has advanced up the railing of the walkway. You can also see one of the six nearby bridges in the distance; this bridge and the others have cylindrical supports going down into the river's bottom. These supports are two to three times as tall as the height of the bridge portion that you can see now...that gives you all an idea of how high the water is.



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This part of the park nearby has been almost completely engulfed in water. Right there I'm standing on the stairway that leads down onto the lower pathway, which is totally underwater. As you can see (or can't see), most of the trees in this lower area are partially underwater as well. See that road on the right? If predictions are correct, that road will no longer be visible by tomorrow.

#1
Posted 06/11/2008 06:31 PM   
Wow! Thats crazy.
Wow! Thats crazy.
#2
Posted 06/11/2008 07:04 PM   
[img]http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff147/Jedi_Mediator/flood08_3.jpg[/img]
Down by the nearby "Czech Village".

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Another from about the same angle. In the center distance you can see a museum that is two and a half times as tall as it appears in the photo.

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Nearer to my house. Look at the stop sign for reference, and that's all that really needs to be said...


And those were taken two days ago; electricity and internet access was down for about that period of time. Today the flood waters are finally receding and power is back, but at the flood's crest that bridge depicted in my previous post was, I believe, no longer visible. Yes, it's true.
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Down by the nearby "Czech Village".



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Another from about the same angle. In the center distance you can see a museum that is two and a half times as tall as it appears in the photo.



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Nearer to my house. Look at the stop sign for reference, and that's all that really needs to be said...





And those were taken two days ago; electricity and internet access was down for about that period of time. Today the flood waters are finally receding and power is back, but at the flood's crest that bridge depicted in my previous post was, I believe, no longer visible. Yes, it's true.

#3
Posted 06/13/2008 10:10 PM   
Great shots!
Great shots!

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#4
Posted 06/19/2008 03:10 PM   
The river ultimately crested at 32 feet, enacting procedures concerning the 500-year flood plan (the most extreme situation ever expected to happen). One thing I hadn't mentioned, apart from all the other uncountable ones I also haven't: there was a steel railroad bridge spanning the entire width of the Cedar River...the city had parked as many train cars as possible on that bridge, so as to keep it weighted down and safe.

That bridge is gone now. According to reports of people in the area, it just buckled upwards and then collapsed into the river and floated away. A whole platoon of wrecked houseboats from quite a ways up the river piled up along the remaining railroad bridge after a considerably long drift. All that's left of that bridge now is two segments still standing on the banks from which the rest of the bridge was separated.

So, yeah. Pretty crazy. Insane, actually. Thankfully, though, it was a 500 year flood...so we won't have to worry about another one until the early 26th century! :P
The river ultimately crested at 32 feet, enacting procedures concerning the 500-year flood plan (the most extreme situation ever expected to happen). One thing I hadn't mentioned, apart from all the other uncountable ones I also haven't: there was a steel railroad bridge spanning the entire width of the Cedar River...the city had parked as many train cars as possible on that bridge, so as to keep it weighted down and safe.



That bridge is gone now. According to reports of people in the area, it just buckled upwards and then collapsed into the river and floated away. A whole platoon of wrecked houseboats from quite a ways up the river piled up along the remaining railroad bridge after a considerably long drift. All that's left of that bridge now is two segments still standing on the banks from which the rest of the bridge was separated.



So, yeah. Pretty crazy. Insane, actually. Thankfully, though, it was a 500 year flood...so we won't have to worry about another one until the early 26th century! :P

#5
Posted 07/19/2008 03:59 PM   
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