Cedar Amateurs under water !

Flood of 2008.

"jerry warner" wrote in message
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Flood of 2008.

I assume you mean Cedar Rapids, Iowa?

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:13:11 -0500, jerry warner wrote:

Flood of 2008.

How much damage?

Terry (Member of Des Moines Astronomical Society.)

Thanks Sam. Pal-Dows is ok but due to the flooding of
the Cedar River, all major roads are closed out of Cedar Rapids and Iowa
City. I take back roads which are open.
Im there every weekend doing something, just back tonight.

Our crest at Iowa City is on Tuesday. Take care...
Jerry

Sam Wormley wrote:

jerry warner wrote:
Flood of 2008.


You are particularly hard hit... well all of Iowa is in bad shape.
Furthermore, there have been very few clear nights this spring...
I even lost track of the phase of the moon, as I was never seeing
it! I did see it a little through thin clouds tonight.

One thing I resort to on cloudy nights... walk in the dark and
through breaks in the clouds here and there, see if I can identify
in a tiny patch of the sky, stars, planets, etc. that I can name.
I have done that for years... helps keep the sky map in my mind
up2date.

The rains aren't over yet... here's hoping we don't plunge into
a drought that we are likely to experience later in the year.

Best to the Cedar Area Amateur Astronomer!

-Sam

yes and Iowa City

John Nichols wrote:

"jerry warner" wrote in message
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Flood of 2008.

I assume you mean Cedar Rapids, Iowa?

Pal Dows is ok, just fine. The major roads are all closed
but back roads are still open. CedarRapids is a disaster of
epic proportions. Flood stage at Cedar Rapids was 12 feet.
The Cedar crested there today at 33 feet! The Cedar at
Ivanhoe Bridge on Highway #1 (below Mt Vernon) is almost
a mile wide (straight line) !!! It's a bloody lake and unreal.
I was there myself tonight. It is Ivanhoe Road just below that bridge
that goes west off Hwy #1 to Pal-Dows. I take
Hwy#1 out of Iowa City to get to Dows but I have back
roads at higher elevations I can take, so got there tonight.

The guys at Cedar Rapids takes Hwy #30 east to get to Dows.
Hwy #30 is now closed due to water, not sure how long.

I380 between ICity and CR has been closed at the Swisher exit. They say
there is now road damage and will be a week
before it can be reopened.

Tonight it was very peace. Just me and the cyotes and the
Boller Chivens Im working on ... all in the moonlight. Romantic! We do
have power.

We will make the best of this, one way or another. If you
know somebody who can lower the price of gas that would help!

Take care.
Jerry





"Terry A. Haimann" wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:13:11 -0500, jerry warner wrote:

Flood of 2008.

How much damage?

Terry (Member of Des Moines Astronomical Society.)