I'm very sorry to hear all this. Our best wishes and prayers are with
Joel all the victims of this disaster.
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Ken Norton wrote:
> Chuck, thank you for asking.
>
> The floods are really bad this year. I don't know if you've seen any images
> of Cedar Rapids, but it has that Hurricane Katrina / New Orleans look about
> it. Entire expanses of a city center are engulfed in water. Something like
> 1200 blocks submerged. Of course, this doesn't include the thousands of
> homes and business flooded out elsewhere around the state. I've been
> extremely busy with the flooding as my employer is a telco with a number of
> towns that have been inundated or threatened.
>
>> Joel is in need of a generator until the utilities are restored. His
> electrical panels are fully submerged and hence heavily damaged. I am
> attempting to score an affordable one over my way, but given the scope of
> this flooding, they are hard to come by. Joel's water supply is a well (but
> has city sewer), so between that and fans/dehumidifiers/power tools, he
> needs to have some electricity for a while. I'll go out on a limb, but if
> somebody here on the list is within a reasonable distance from Iowa and is
> willing to provide a generator to Joel, it would be very appreciated. I
> will travel to any edge of Iowa to help transport it to Joel. Just let me
> know when and where I can meet you and I'll arrange the last miles of
> transport to Iowa City. I will also be assisting him in the recovery effort
> any way I can.
>
> Judging from the river level projections, Joel will most likely not be able
> to even get access to his house until Monday. The river has dropped a
> little, but still remains a foot or two ABOVE the previous record level.
>
> I also talked with Tom Scales. Obviously there is a huge issue there as he
> works in Cedar Rapids, but his house is safe. Even though it is on a
> heavily flooded lake, the house is located high enough above the flood pool.
>
> Ken Norton
> Zone-10.com
>
>
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