Waterloo Iowa Floods 2008

[jamieaschenbrenner]

well i live here actually just right up the road and we looked like katrina it was the worst feeling ever being stuck with water all around no place to go 3.5 hrs to get across 1 bridge that was open cars stalling in the water people swimming on the bridge seeing the train bridge fall apart

[alexwiley12]

All you Bush haters... I would like to let you know: Barack Obama has not put $1 towards helping the ongoing recovery. What another great president eh?

[Anubis4815162342]

At about 1:01 you can hear the metal under stress... creepy sound.

[liyahstar1]

Dude I live there!!

[TA1522]

you know what, Iowans are the best because thats where baseball is the greatest and im talkin high school and if you took any random person from iowa they would tell you everything about baseball

[00023smitty]

i live in waterloo 2. where was that at?

[TigeraCatRescues]

We live only 2 blocks south of the railroad bridge. We heard it break and then heard the pieces smack into the 11th street bridge 2 blocks south of us. It was a nightmare! We had never seen the water so high! So much worse than the floods of 1993!

[GrumpyPandaFilms]

Yikes. I hope you had a raft!

[CNeith84420]

the mighty cedar river was flowing through my house people were less fortunate bless them

[SRollinStoned]

i live in waterloo/cedar falls. that flood was bad. would have been neater to get the train bridge floating away. in CF they had a train on top of our bridge so it wouldnt get washed away. sad sad stuff to see.. 2 years later things are finally gettin back to normal

[oortbelt]

Great president? Bizarre. Anyway, hope the damage is not too bad.

[roddster69]

I'm from Waterloo, but no longer live there. Its sad to see the devastation state wide especially in Cedar Rapids. George Bush and his administration don't give a shit about Iowa. If he did he would have cut his European trip short and would have been in Cedar Rapids. Another mess he'll ignore

[maureen1002]

@roddster69 agreed.... just shows he doesn't care about ANYONE... whether black OR White!!!

[MileyCyrusRulesBOBW]

I really am against living in Iowa right now. But it's not flooding where i live:-). I probably will sand bag.

[ktgoodell]

yeah..i live there. not having a good time with this

[roddster69]

I am also from Waterloo, but no longer live in Iowa. I am sad to see this happen to my home state. However, I don't agree with you about president Bush. He is the worst. president.ever.! In fact he should have cut his European trip short and been here observing all this devastation. Cedar Rapids looked like New Orleans after Katrina...flood wise. George Bush and his administration SUCKS!

[nsbigdog]

George Bush doesn't care about Iowans

[poniesandearthworms]

ya i live near west des moines

[BreezyBby85]

This Really Suxx!

i live in waterloo iowa!

[DigiLusionist]

Astounding flooding! It seems like in some areas, huge areas of water are held back by the slightest of barriers.

[dm1270]

i have a cedar falls flood video

[poppinfresh79]

All that water...it's to bad flood states can't build some kind of small canals that lead here to Nevada we sure could use that water..

[PresidentTyler]

Theres altot of flooding in the Des Moines area right now in Iowa. Chet Culver said that this is a rare event and will mostly happen every 500 years.

Tyler Rowe

[AIDzInYoMouTH]

I'm in cedar rapids right now, and they're starting to evacuate people that are within like 2 miles of the cedar river.

Honestly, I didn't think that this flood was going to be big, but I was obviously wrong.

[tparbs]

Amazing video...esp that it covers several areas. This is my hometown. I'm in Washington state. My brother is there with 4 to 5 feet of water in his home. Last I spoke to him it was raining again. Hope the rain stops soon and the flooding subsides!

Gave you 5 stars. Thanks!

[cokekress94]

I live in Washingtion State and my friends are in waterloo and cedar rapids! waterloo is my hometown and I am freaking for my friends.

[tparbs]

Wow...that's cool that we're both from W'loo and here in WA.  I'm in Spokane; where are you?

My bro's water levels have gone WAY down so things are looking up! Hopefully they'll start drying out now! Iowa's really been getting nailed--all of the midwest. Enough is enough! :/

[cokekress94]

Im over in kitsap county. I am only able to talk to my friend through txt messaging so i don't gat alot of detail. Yeah i hope so too!

[cokekress94]

Im over in kitsap county. I cann only talk to my friend through txt message so i don't got alot of detail. Yeah I hope so tooo!!!!!

[jkool20]

wow, i went and seen the ceder river but it was wat hard gettin there cause 18th and 4th and all of these other bridges r closed

[PatrynXX]

Some of the best video I've seen yet. best spot to find this stuff.

[iowagurl1986]

this is my home people plz take it seriously come down help us out

[kcufmalsi]

Good luck and God Bless!!!!

[iowagurl1986]

this is insane i live in waterloo and ive never seen floods like this

[hero227]

wow.. incredible video. mother nature has not been kind to the area lately.

[mviggiano]

Getting close to the top of the levee?