Another Flood

This time last year we were in a serious drought. We get so much rain here and we were so dry that the grass was dying and we had to water all out plants to keep them alive. Fast forward to this year and we have too much rain which is causing some minor flooding.

5 years ago we had a 500 year flood that ruined so many buildings, houses and land. This year the flood prevention was pretty intense. Instead of sand bag barriers alot of places put up Hesco Barriers, which are faster to put up, cover more area faster and are better protection for the area.

 

City Park is right along the river so it's the 1st place to flood. Which meant that Ammon's baseball season was cancelled. What a bummer this was for the boys. Thankfully within a week they were able to get some fields at the softball complex for the boys to play at, so games were back on despite the flooding.

Dubuque Street is on the other side of the river from City Park and it was flooded and closed for a few weeks.

As we were driving around looking at the flooding Ammon was snapping pictures through his window in the van. He's a good photographer and got some great pictures.

We took a walk on the bridge over the river by the Iowa River Power Company Restaurant. Ammon again was the photographer for most pictures. It was neat to see the flood through his eyes. He got some really good pictures that capture the amount of flooding. The rivers just a few inches from going out of the bank and flooding 1st Ave in Coralville.

This next one is one of my favorites that he got from our walk. The way you can see the water movement on the waterfall and the amount of water going over the dam is incredible.

Seeing the flooding in real life makes it so much more powerful then just hearing about it. It was a good lesson for the kids to understand the damage a natural disaster can do it just a short time.