Some amazing photos from the Midwest flooding

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Some amazing photos from the Midwest flooding

They’re all striking, but especially this one showing houses floating down the river and being caught up in a railroad bridge and this one of a guy rescuing his kitties. That makes me wonder, what’s happened to all the pets that lived in all those houses? How many dogs and cats had to be abandoned? It makes me so sad to think about it :frowning:

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Well at least this doggie and deer are safe!

Residents walk through several feet of floodwaters to get to higher ground along Rocky Ford Road in Columbus, Ind. on Saturday, June 7, 2008.

A fawn struggles against the fast flowing White River as it tries to walk along the levee on Monday, June 9, 2008 in Edwardsport, Ind. The fawn was swept off the levee, but managed to swim to a bank and make its way from the water.

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Here’s the story behind the awesome tornado photo from the first link.

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That’s an amazing collection of pictures.

I’ve read and heard several stories about rescue workers going back to look for pets once they were sure all the people had been rescued, so it sounds like efforts are being made to rescue animals where possible.

GT

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I was in grad school in Iowa City during the '93 floods. But goddam if this doesn’t look even worse. Good luck to them all.

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Any time there’s a disaster like this one, the Humane Society goes into action with their Disaster Relief team. They’re already in Cedar Rapids saving animals. You can donate directly to this cause online if you want. My company always does.

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Wow. I’m having a flashback. The pictures looks so familiar. I wish all the best to the people in the affected areas.

As to all the pets: if my experience in post-K New Orleans is any indication, there’ll be packs of abandoned dogs all over the area several months after the floodwaters have receded.

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I graduated from the University of Iowa last fall, and we moved across the country soon after. We’ve been watching the flooding from afar with a rising sense of horror as, one by one, our favorite places slip underwater.

Through it all, Iowa City’s local paper, the Press-Citizen, has had great coverage and good photo documentation of the effects on the region.

http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

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That photo of ‘houses’ actually is houseBOATS. They were moored upstream and the storms caused them to snap their moorings.

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It was, in places the flood crests were as much as 10 feet higher than the '93 flood.

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Thanks for that link, Della. I have been looking for some more local coverage.

Ah! OK, thanks for clarifying. It seems a bit less horrifying knowing that they’re boats. I’m sure it’s still a devastating loss for the owners though.

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YW, I had an Iowan (on another board) explain it to me, that’s how I know. Since they’re boats, maybe some of them survived without being a total loss.