TruemorsBoth Railroad bridges over the river
2008 Flooding, Des Moines
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NP! ID: 1183663
Title: 2008 Flooding, Des Moines
File Size: 3872 × 2592 – 3.63 MB
Created: Thu, 06/12/2008 - 9:43pm
Modified: Thu, 06/12/2008 - 9:43pm
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at 21:47 on June 12th, 2008
I decided to head downtown Thursday night and caught these photos. A lot of people were milling around downtown. The water levels were definitely high, but Court Avenue had been pumped dry by that point, and the new walls were containing the river fairly well in those areas. If it would rise much farther, downtown could be seriously in trouble, but thankfully the rain stopped. Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and Waterloo/Cedar Fall are in much worse shape.