We just ended one of the most wildest weeks of weather the Quad City area has seen in quite awhile. A month ago the Mississippi and Rock Rivers were exceeding their boundry as the spring rains did a lot of damage.
Now Summer time rains are doing the damage. The same areas that flooded just 4 weeks ago are repeating the process over again. Cedar Rapids is suffering the most, last I heard the city is pretty much shut down. 25,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, about a quarter of the city. Downtown Davenport is also under water.
Last night, Thursday, things got crazy. We expected a couples inches of stormy rainy conditions during the day, which should have been a part of the deadly tornado pattern that went through Souix City Wednesday, but the day was quiet. Elli was at Girl Scout day camp this week, but her pack decided not to go on Thursday, fearing the weather.
About 9pm things broke loose. I have never seen so much lightning before, which was the reason I got the video camera. But as the night grew longer, the lightning got closer which allowed us to see some clouds that looked like trouble. The rain poured hard and the wind blew, sirens were going off for a while. We put the kids in the basement for the night, but after 11pm things got calm.
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