Severe Flooding in MidWest

[TexasSP]

So that WAS you in the astrodome with your emaxx!!!

[jayjay283]

Man I didnt even know this was going on and I live pretty close considering (NW illinois). I was just watching it on TV. Its so dry and hot here I never figured. Im glad you all are ok ! Im down with you guys if ya need anything. My house is small but I have alot of toys lol

[BrianG]

Thanks guys. Like I said, I'm ok with the exception of some water in the basement. I just have to keep the dehumidifier on to keep moisture levels down until the water stops seeping up through the floor so I can remove it all (the majority of the water is making its way to the drainage hole). It's just an inconvenience for me and makes working on projects difficult. It's the thousands over on the east side of Iowa I really feel sorry for. Also, early this morning (~5AM) a levee in town Des Moines broke flooding the neighborhood there and the authorities instituted mandatory evacuation.

Flooded homes and destroyed belongs are bad enough, but those damn looters really irritate me. People that take advantage of others' misfortune like that should be shot in the face.

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Damn, hope it carms down, we had a bad flood here a few months back and alot of homes were destroyed and it wasn't till then that alot of people didn't realise that their insurance doesn't cover floods

[mkrusedc]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

So that WAS you in the astrodome with your emaxx!!!

No we evacuated to Houston.

Originally Posted by BrianG

Also, early this morning (~5AM) a levee in town Des Moines broke flooding the neighborhood there and the authorities instituted mandatory evacuation.

Flooded homes and destroyed belongs are bad enough, but those damn looters really irritate me. People that take advantage of others' misfortune like that should be shot in the face.

If that levee was built by an Army Corp subcontractor I am not not surprised. Down here they were using newspaper to repair our levees. Three years later the repaired breach is leaking and they don't know why.

Looting doesn't end after the flood. When people were repairing their flooded houses, thieves would steal the worker's tools and copper pipes out of houses!

[BrianG]

The levee was a known weak spot, but not much could be done for now. Apparently, it was designed in the 50's and not done quite

[JERRY2KONE]

Hey BrianG sorry to hear about all of the flooding up there. We wish you well and God bless. When you were talking about finding high spots in your basement in one of the other threads I kind of thought you were in that area. Stay dry man.

[aqwut]

we have some flooding in Canada as well.. but the only thing in my area that was out of the ordinary were golf ball size hail... luckily it only lasted a few hours... but it did a lot of damage... we'll be expecting our insurance to go up.. home and vehicle..

[suicideneil]

Damn, think God's pissed for some reason.

We had some some serious rain here earlier in the day, sounded terrible and lasted for a few hours beofre the cloud cover started to ease up. Thankfully I live half way up the hill/valley so Im fine- its all the business' downtown on the level that tend to get flooded, see pictures in the papers the next day of canoeists paddling up and down the road....

Take care guys.

My heart goes out to the people affected by th flooding. Glad to hear your ok Brian, and I agree about shooting looters in the face! let em have it!

[teknorc]

Sheesh,

After looking at some of the pictures, this is just unbelievable. I listen to news radio and they've been saying flooding in in the Midwest, but seeing it is a whole different story. What a bummer. I hope everything works out as well as it can for everybody. Good luck.

[magman]

Brian,
My thoughts and prayers to all who are affected by the flooding. It is a terrible tragedy. As teknorc stated above, reading about the disaster does not allow people to understand the magnitude of destruction unless they see it. For those of you who live there...hang tough!!