June 18, 2008: Fire & Water
 

Fire and water are both, friend and foe.

In a California wildfire, a melted stream of metal, probably aluminum, from a burned vehicle.
http://cellar.org/2008/firemelt.jpg

In Iowa, water sweeps away people's dreams.
http://cellar.org/2008/Iowawater.jpg

While it's nice to help people in China and Indonesia, don't forget the people here at home.

A house sieve!

OMG - a logjam of houses! I didn't know that houses would float so neatly. So sad, you can still see lawn chairs and furniture on their decks waiting for someone to come relax. There certainly is devastation happening world-wide...

I can see my house from here.

And yours.

And the neighbor from six streets over.

House boats!

The neighbors always did complain about those train tracks going right through their backyard!

And, yet, Old Glory, in the midst of such destruction, flying as proud as ever.:f207:

This page has more pictures of the flood in Cedar Rapids and has more context than I've seen elsewhere.

my birthday was the 12th... i spent it filling sand bags and helping friends empty basements while standing in flood water half way up my calve.

most people don't realize how bad cedar rapids got...

all the bars i was going to go to were flooded, so i dropped to my knees and started yelling "no!! the liquor!"

How much for one of them Rolex watches?

Lead, not aluminum
 

That's lead that melted from the cells in the battery, not aluminum.

Yeah Pb as it is coming right out from the stairs, (battery box).


I think most people realize how bad Cider Rapids got it. That's the city hall with the first three floors underwater that's shown on every news show..

so sad to see such destruction, just shows us that we cannot beat nature.

why is the rum always gone..:sniff:

due to floods i suppose



happy birthday for the 12th - i hope despite the devistation you still had a decent celebration.