der zillader zilla - LiveJournal.com(Untitled)- June 26, 2008 People are starting to get financial aid stuff to fill out. Temporary housing is at a premium. There are NO apartments available in any immediate area. Even Marion is getting sucked dry of even their shoddiest places as CR folks whose homes were completely destroyed try to get out of the shelters. There are some people saying that the shelters could be in use for MONTHS. Can you imagine living in the gym of a school for MONTHS With two or three changes of clothes, no private shower facilities,..http://kellzilla.livejournal.com/639373.html (Untitled)- June 18, 2008 because I loves me some Firefox:Download Firefox 3 before 11:16am Pacific (2:16pm Eastern)!http:www.spreadfirefox.comen-USworldrecordhttp://kellzilla.livejournal.com/637587.html (Untitled)- June 17, 2008 I love you, Cedar Rapids. We might take months and months to get over this, and our economy may completely tank in the meantime, but your citizens and visitors are determined enough that this will eventually just be a note in history books and photos in old albums.---------------On Sunday, FEMA was handing out cases of bottled water. Our weekend manager and several others, including myself, took our cars to Sam's Club parking lot and got 22 cases of water for the residents. (HCC has up to 94...http://kellzilla.livejournal.com/637083.html (Untitled)- June 15, 2008 I just realized I'm a hypocrite...I'm accusing of the news sources of focusing on the negatives...and that's pretty much all I'm doingit's just overwhelming...it's hard to remember that even though we're seeing unprecedented disaster...we're ALSO seeing unprecedented numbers of volunteers responding to the same disaster(all images from Cedar Rapids' Gazette)the following are all from Mercy Medical Care sandbagginginside the Lundy Pavilionthe following are all from the University of Iowa campus..http://kellzilla.livejournal.com/636875.html (Untitled)- June 14, 2008 while it was dry, the river was starting to finally drop...around two inches an hour...with a crest of 31.2 ft (flood stage 12 ft), though, it still means literally days of inaccessible flooded areasiowa city is bracing for the worst...they've put up a GIGANTIC sandbag wall around the historic buildings of the university of iowa...hoping against hope that it will be enoughit's raining out...honest to goodness rain, too, not drizzle or drips...POURING rain...with hail mixed in about the size of..http://kellzilla.livejournal.com/636467.html (Untitled)- June 13, 2008 Some places have crested, but some places have not (depends on which waterway we're talking about). Water is not supposed to drain very fast after it's crested. We're supposed to be above flood stage for at least a week, if not more.The Czech museum is completely underwater up to the ceiling of the first floor. Total loss (very little was kept in the attic crawlspace) for anything left inside. Still no confirmation HOW MUCH was left inside.The library's contents are almost a total loss. Second..http://kellzilla.livejournal.com/636301.html (Untitled)- June 13, 2008 the public library first floor and basement are under waterthey couldn't get the books outFUCKFUCK FUCK FUCKthe paramount theatre (as in plays, not theater as in movies), which is a historic landmark, is under water...it only recently completed a total renovation...wastedthe museum of history is under water, the basement is where most of the "too fragile for regular display" items are kept...no word whether they were able to salvage anythingthe roosevelt (oldest hotel in the city) is under...http://kellzilla.livejournal.com/636095.html (Untitled)- June 13, 2008 we are on water and electric restrictionI've unplugged just about everything in the house (obviously I'm keeping my computer on because it keeps me updated on the flooding)we drew a full bath in case the water restriction turns into water prohibitionit hasn't rained very much in the last couple hours, so it's better here...it's still raining in downtown, the water is rising there...an inch an hour or more...http:www.kcrg.com is within the mandatory evacuation downtown but they got an OK to...http://kellzilla.livejournal.com/635768.html (Untitled)- June 12, 2008 Don't get blinded by my pasty white legs!http://kellzilla.livejournal.com/635571.html (Untitled)- June 12, 2008 how close the water is to backing up our sump pumpsump pump 1sump pump 2sump pump 3the backyard is very sloshywet backyard 1wet backyard 2I have a video awaiting processing on Google videos to show just how sloshy my back yard really isa few of the runoff catchall, the water is fast moving, kids are starting to get home from daytime activities to play innear it, it makes me very nervousrunoff catchall 1runoff catchall 2runoff catchall 3http://kellzilla.livejournal.com/635317.html |