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Here in Des Moines, we've had flooding in pockets but have fared relatively well so far, compared to eastern Iowa (and to the 1993 flood). There's relief that the downtown area has largely been spared major damage, thanks to bolstered flood protection post-1993. But feverish attempts to...
Now that the fierce rain storms of recent days have stopped (temporarily we're told), for those of us who are relatively high-and-dry there's a strange disconnect between what we see out our windows and what we know is going on just a few miles away. As...
So I'll be "deploying" again soon - as I did on Thursday. Working alongside dozens of other Iowans - from the Des Moines area as well as from towns hours away - who felt compelled to do something, anything, my 16-year-old son and I spent several hours filling sand bags...
As they filled sandbags, some people shared updates, about conditions in various parts of Des Moines, Polk County and Iowa. For days, we Iowans have been comparing notes, sharing stories of water-soaked basements, flooded-out cars, water bursting out of manhole covers. We've been reminiscing, not fondly, about...
We've been reading the paper and watching the tube, trying to keep up-to-date on the flood zones, evacuation orders, and road closures (including portions of Interstate 80); looking at wrenching images of flood scenes near and far: a woman crying on her Des Moines doorstep as she...