Is Anyone Selling a Rowboat, Cheap?

1. andrewdoane
   June 13th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

   So no Nitefall on the River tonight at Simon Estes I guess!

2. andrewdoane
   June 13th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

   Here's a picture of the baseball field on the North side by Interstate 80/35: http://data.desmoinesregister.com/flooding/viewphoto.php?photoID=0825b a28-1aac-4edf-b18e-4026ed0a88f4

   See the building with the silver roof poking out of the water? I drive by it on my way home every night. When I drove by it on Monday, it said:

   NORTH
   DES MOINES
   GIRLS
   SOFTBALL

   That's what it says every day, in big painted letters on the side of the building. But on Wednesday, it said:

   NORTH
   DES MOINES
   [water]

   On Thursday, it said:

   NORTH
   [water]

   And now you can't even see the words at all. I cannot believe this is happening in my town! It all seems so far away on the news, even in the floods of 1993 when I just lived 30 miles away from Des Moines. Now that I live here, it seems like every time I turn around there's water!

   Fortunately, it's still not approaching my house. Knock on wood.

3. joaquin
   June 13th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

   wow, Had no idea it was so bad. Why don't we hear more about it over here in San Francisco.

4. Alex
   June 13th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

   I heard it was a 500-year flood or something like that (0.02% chance of it happening every year - and this year is that year!)

   Hope everyone is okay there!

5. emanuel lewis
   June 13th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

   wow is that a joke, global warming is awesome

6. Fritz
   June 13th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

   check out the classifieds section of this site

   http://www.row2k.com/

   I found my last rowing single there

   Hang in there Des Moines you will dry out some time

   This years corn crop looks like shyte...

   Whats next?

7. kat
   June 13th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

   thanks for your concern. i spent my birthday yesterday packing sand bags, passing out water bottles and helping friends empty their basements.

   the old record for flood water was around 20ft. last i checked we're at 31ft. we're also down to 25% of the water usage we normally have. tap water is still drinkable, but showers, washing cloths, flushing toilets (gross, i know) are frowned on.

   there is a curfew now because of some small looting.

   our shelters are getting full. several thousand people were evacuated from their homes.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLtD5japDtY

8. JC
   June 13th, 2008 at 7:46 pm

   Global warming rules

9. mdjohnson1
   June 13th, 2008 at 10:12 pm

   I'm from CR (and still live here) and fortunately, I've avoided the really bad stuff.

   The "500 year flood plain" that was referenced is supposed to reflect the area that would be expected to flood once every 500 years. Yesterday, the levels well exceed the "500 year flood plain". The news reporters were asking whether there was such a thing as the 1,000 year flood plain ... that was at the same time that their studio entered the mandatory evacuation zone (they received an exemption).

   The last record set for the Cedar river here was in 1993 at 20 feet over the "flood level". That was a record that held for 60'ish years. Yesterday, we hit 33 feet! No one expected it. Of course, a bridge collapsed full of train cars, which dammed up the river causing it to rise more quickly than the "models" forecasted.

   It's all really unbelievable and depressing. On the plus side, the community is coming out in the thousands to sandbag and do anything to help each other.

10. Sid Morrison
    June 13th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    My heart is out to all the residents of the city... floods suck. Something tells me though, that the folks in Iowa are a little more resilient and self-reliant than those of New Orleans. 2 years from now, we aren't going to see people in Iowa complaining about their "overly spartan" FEMA trailers or moaning about how Uncle Sugar hasn't yet rebuilt their city for them.

    Best wishes Iowans and please do us all a favor and just shoot the looters.

11. rdubs
    June 14th, 2008 at 11:52 am

    haha no looters here, the TV's don't work bc of the water!

    btw go out and sandbag united way still needs volunteers near the birdland area.

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