High and Dry

So, Davenport has a little flooding in downtown, but nothing more than what we had a couple of months ago. We live well up from the river, and not close enough to any of the creeks to have any real water problems. I can't go my normal way to work because of the flooding downtown, but that's no big deal.

I went to a conference in Sioux Center (northwest Iowa) this weekend. I-80 was closed between Walcott and Iowa City because of the Cedar River flooding. So, we had to re-route and take US-61 to US-20 to get to the west side of the state.

The Cedar River, Des Moines River, Iowa River and Raccoon River are all above 1993 levels. The Iowa DOT website has some pretty amazing pictures. 83 of Iowa's 99 counties have been declared disaster areas.

We're OK. David's brother in Cedar Rapids is OK. There sure are a lot of Iowans who aren't.