Iowa Residents Brace for More Flooding

PlusIowa Residents Brace for More FloodingIowa Residents Brace for More FloodingThe Associated PressExpected weekend showers and increased flow from upstream Coralville Lake could raise the already brimming Iowa River as much as 5 feet causing 1993-level flooding in Iowa City and Coralville local officials are warning. (June 11)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] (SOT)-covered"The worst is yet to come."(vo)IT'S HARD TO FIND AN OPTIMIST IN CORALVILLE IOWA THESE DAYS..(SOT)"What's going through my mind isn't good I can tell you that..."(VO)ALL ALONG THE IOWA RIVER HOMES ARE FLOODED, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SAY THE WATER COULD RISE 3 MORE FEET OVER THE WEEKEND AND AS MUCH AS FIVE FEET BY NEXT TUESDAY... THAT'S TERRIBLE NEWS FOR JOHN CHASE WHO ALREADY HAS 6 INCHES OF WATER IN HIS LIVING ROOM..(SOT)John chase/homeownerI figure the house is a total loss we'll just rebuild it and start all over...(VO)JUST UP THE ROAD THINGS ARE JUST AS BAD AT RON HAMS HOUSE... THEY TOO ARE PREPARING FOR THE WORST AS THEY WATCH THE WATER RISE.(SOT)Ron Ham/HomeownerYeah I'm pretty worried about it, I wouldn't be moving if I wasn't..(VO)STILL NO ONE HAS GIVEN UP, YOU MIGHT CALL CORALVILLE THE SANDBAG CAPITOL OF THE WORLD.. HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS SPENT EVERY WAKING HOUR WEDNESDAY FILLING.. (NATS) AND STACKING THEM...(SOT)Brian Roth/VolunteerI'm just hoping we ge the sandbags out before the rain comes and water comes over the spillway and we can protect everyone here...(STANDUP) Rich MatthewsBU TTHAT MAY BE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, WATER LEVELS RIGHT NOW ARE ALREADY AS HIGH AS THEY WERE IN THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1993, FIVE MORE FEET.. WELL THAT WILL LIKELY WIPE OUT THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY..RICH MATTHEWS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CORALVILLE, IOWA.. (****END****)

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[karinablack]

shit man, wish we had more national guard available (at home) to help!

[iriemike420]

hey i know ron ham it was fucked up what happened there but this video was a bit exaggerated the whole town was not going to be lost not even close.

[eightpoint]

build a fken house boat this time so you can float it to safety next time so we dont have to watch ya cry when the next flood comes.calling on ya.move away get smart.send ya to school buy ya books,and u do dumb ass shit time after time the waters coming get the fk out.now why u can before it kills people.next time wakeup america.hate seeing people look so stupid.poor us we knew its was gonna happen again but we rebuild the same way same place.look at us flooded again

[mastermike2580]

yea and the government said never again

[eightpoint]

national guard...????? bush needed them more in iraq shows what fken country he cares about i didnt voted for his dumb ass.lets send his ass over there bring our troops home to help there own

[themeaningoflife38]

this is racism, how come black people arent in Iowa rescuing the white people? Where's FEMA? How come no looting?How come the media doesnt dramatize this for ratings and to divide the people into hostile groups?

[themangodess]

Yeah well..

Brb, gotta drain my house.

Knew I shouldn't have come to Iowa

[themangodess]

Bitches don't know bout my Katrina