Archive for July, 2008

Silent Movie (Photo)

A portable DVD player washed up in a playground in the flood-affected area of downtown Cedar Rapids.

Cleaning Up (Photo)

A downtown office building lobby stripped of its interior during the post-flood cleanup.

A Missing Chair (Photo)

An office chair and a traffic cone washed up into a downtown parkade by flood waters.

Pumping Out (Photo)

Water pumps work to remove the remaining flood water from the Cedar Rapids downtown YMCA.

Use Other Door (Photo)

The pane of glass was completely blown out of the door to a parking garage by flood waters. In the background, a building sign was ripped off its bolts and bent in half.

Winds of Change (Photo)

The remains of a sandbag blow across Mount Vernon Road in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Dump Line (Photo)

Line at the entrance to the city dump. From this point it was a 45 minute wait to the gate.

Parkade Stairs (Photo)

Debris and lifted concrete on the first flood of a parking garage.

Booting Up (Photo)

A boot holds open a stairwell door in a downtown Cedar Rapids building that would normally be controlled by access cards were there power to the building.

Library (Photo)

Flood cleanup around the Cedar Rapids Public Library. The entire first floor of the library was lost to flood damage.

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