The pictures out of Cedar Rapids (a place I have been innumerable times) are just devastating.
The levees broke, and the river crest will shatter the mark from the flood of '93 as well as the record high set in 1929.
In the pictures, and perhaps on the news broadcasts tonight you will see the city hall building on an island in the river. I was at that very spot a few months ago. I parked on the bridge, which normally is far above the surface of the water.
Now that bridge is underwater all the way up to the railings. A terrible sight.
The people there will bounce back, but it's going to be a tough summer.
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