Flood Update

A few more pictures below. The water peaked at the reservoir in Coralville yesterday afternoon, so now it's just a matter of waiting for the waters to recede (which will take weeks). No essential utilities were lost, so that is good news.

We went to see how close we could get to our house this morning--once we upload the pictures, we'll post those as well. We couldn't get close enough to see the house, but it was interesting to see how high the water got on the roads. Boat access only. Yesterday, we started getting a little worried about flooding in our house. We'd called the neighbors and they were sandbagging and said the water was in their yard, but after looking some data up on the internet, it seemed like the water level had plateaued. For awhile there we were contemplating wading through the water to put more things upstairs, but after seeing it today, the water would have probably reached our shoulders in some parts.

I think this picture was taken on Friday--the water is currently past this intersection. The road going horizontally is the road we're on, except that in-town it's called Gilbert St. We are currently living a few block from this intersection in a friend's duplex.

This is the pedestrian bridge that goes over the river near the Power River Restaurant. This is the restaurant we went to with the drink money we earned last summer. Blew $70 bucks.

Coralville area.

The new Marriott Center where I saw Barack Obama speak.

A couple of weeks ago we took Alice to this park to take her on the kiddie rides they have. The big circle is the merry-go-round and the smaller circle are little airplanes that swing from chains, which Alice always wants to ride.


Here are the well heads that Bruce helped sandbag.