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this flood sucks.

Post by JillJillJill » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:38 am

I was going down hickman and went straight into a flooded portion of it. My car died & water started seeping in so I jumped out the window. Called my dad, he drove "around it" and his car (uninsured) ended up flooded. We walked all the way to methodist to see my mom. We're now sitting in scrubs eating saltine crackers. fuck this, floods suck.

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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Thom » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:34 am

our basement flooded, no major damage, but waterlogged shit.

looks like band practice will be in the dining room tomorrow.
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Joe » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:09 am

lol
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Beaver » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:05 pm

This shit is getting serious. A freind who works for the city said DSM river is expected to rise form 27 ft to 30 ft. It was 34 during the flodd of 93'. If it floods again, I am going to be the dude who boogey boards down court.

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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by JillJillJill » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:38 pm

It was really fucking scary, especially when I had to swim through water up to my chest to get to hickman pub. my car is completely totaled; it was totally underwater, but my dads might be able to start, which is really really good news.

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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by ilikehorses » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:40 pm

my car died this week too. but it had nothing to do with the flood. it had more to do with a wheel falling off.
Even today, I can't see a car run a red light without instantly having an image flash into my head of a man's erect penis, penetrating a watermelon.

UGH I SUCK

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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by crow » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:06 pm

ilikehorses wrote: it had more to do with a wheel falling off.

pretty sure this is going to happen to my civic any day now. hopefully it can hold together for another month and then i can have my dad fix it. 42mpg right now, i dont want to give this thing up.
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by El Rhino » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:10 pm

ilikehorses wrote: it had more to do with a wheel falling off.

I saw that happen to a guy who works where I work last week as he was pulling into the parking lot. The dude also has a hilarious blond combover, I can't even describe how funny it looks.
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by DaVo » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:25 pm

Beaver wrote:This shit is getting serious. A freind who works for the city said DSM river is expected to rise form 27 ft to 30 ft. It was 34 during the flodd of 93'. If it floods again, I am going to be the dude who boogey boards down court.
But it hasn't been 100 years yet.

The biggest difference is that it isn't going to be right in the middle of the Ryan grand prick. So they will open the flood gates sooner. So unless, water works gets flooded it will only effect the Valley Junkshop and the southside bottoms.
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Beaver » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:28 pm

Hahaha I was think about that last night. 100 year flood my ass.

I live in the bottoms :cry:

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Post by DaVo » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:43 pm

Beaver wrote:Hahaha I was think about that last night. 100 year flood my ass.

I live in the bottoms :cry:
Yeah gobal warming is suppost to be causing the 100 year floods to start happening every 10 to 15 years.

With the bottom it really all depends on how high the Raccoon is. It would suck to go through the whole no water thing again.
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Post by El Rhino » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:43 pm

Wasn't it a "500 year flood"?
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by jason » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:51 pm

i lost my record collection (again), and all my posters and flyers from the nine years i've been booking. pretty frustrating. hopefully my computer is okay, i don't really know - i am at work.

fucking failing sump pump.

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Post by DaVo » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:00 pm

El Rhino wrote:Wasn't it a "500 year flood"?
Was it? They kept changing it the worst it got. First they said it was on the same level of the flood of 51, then it was 1844. After that it was the 100 year flood and I lost interest. The bottom line is that othe Des Moines floods about every 5 or 6 years. They have fucked with it so much, they can't control or prodict when it will flood. Add to that the changes to the environment and weather and you are going to see major flooding more often.
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Post by Walking Thunder » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:11 pm

There's some flooding going on here in Iowa City, too. But it doesn't sound as bad. I'm pretty sure Dubuque ST. is the only major thing affected right now. I heard today the city was going to close the Dubuque ST. interstate exit. Makes sense. Some of the parks around the northern part of the city are flooded as well.

At my job I had to help with custodial inventory at the Mayflower dorm on Wednesday. The university was warned about flooding so I rounded up everything that dealt with the custodian department, organize it, load it on to trucks and then unload into most of the other dorms. It got me out of cleaning, but it involved "mandatory" overtime.

Now there's a huge (I heard six foot tall but I haven't been seen it since it was done) wall of sandbags in front of the underground parking garage entrance.
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Joey Chaos » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:11 pm

You and your dad are both stupid. Car + water = bad. Duh.

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Post by JillJillJill » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:20 pm

I was totally trying to see if my car would turn into a boat.

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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by ilikehorses » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:56 pm

crow wrote:
ilikehorses wrote: it had more to do with a wheel falling off.

pretty sure this is going to happen to my civic any day now. hopefully it can hold together for another month and then i can have my dad fix it. 42mpg right now, i dont want to give this thing up.
i was hoping my car would last just another year. geo, around 45-50mpg. but now i get to ride my bike everywhere! (i'm not actually all that excited. i work in clive.)
Even today, I can't see a car run a red light without instantly having an image flash into my head of a man's erect penis, penetrating a watermelon.

UGH I SUCK

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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Bullet Tooth » Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:25 am

i live on the 3rd floor.

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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Bullet Tooth » Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:27 am

ps. sorry about your car.

i wonder if i still get paid if i cant get to work cause its flooded. i'll have to ask monday.
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Joe » Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:31 am

Basement is in tiptop shape.

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Post by tylerjames515 » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:25 am

Joey Chaos wrote:You and your dad are both stupid. Car + water = bad. Duh.
yeah dude...cause trying to help your family out is such a STUPID idea..
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by tylerjames515 » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:28 am

El Rhino wrote:
ilikehorses wrote: it had more to do with a wheel falling off.

I saw that happen to a guy who works where I work last week as he was pulling into the parking lot. The dude also has a hilarious blond combover, I can't even describe how funny it looks.
On Grand right inbetween the 63rd st exit and I think it's 4th, by the wendys where that sewer lays deep into the curb, making a sort of hole, some old guy managed to get his car wedged on it and it was really wierd. He just walked over to DQ too.
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by El Rhino » Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:06 am

Fortunately I haven't even heard my sump pump kick in yet (and it should work, I put the cocksucker in last year). It was bad enough when the entire contents of my washing machine spilled out onto my carpet due to tree roots blocking the drain last spring, I could only imagine what kind of a mess a flooded basement would be.
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Chivas » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:03 am

Greetings. Here is the latest flood stages.

@ S.E. 6th, the DSM river was last reported 26.8ft @ 10:00pm. Is supposed to crest @ 28.4ft on Jun. 11th

@ Fleur, the Raccoon was @ 14.55ft @ 9:30pm, crest @ 18.2ft on Jun 11th

@ 2nd Ave, the DSM river was 20.35ft @ 10:00pm, crest @ 22.2ft on Jun 11th.

Now barring that the forcasters are not correct(rain all next week, ugh.) and what they do with the levels at saylorville and red rock, we should be in good shape.

Tornado warning till 3am.

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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Beaver » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:14 am

Get back to work chico.

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Post by DaVo » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:15 am

Bullet Tooth wrote:ps. sorry about your car.

i wonder if i still get paid if i cant get to work cause its flooded. i'll have to ask monday.
In 93, I was working at a collection agency in downtown. The state ordered that no businesses were to open and those that worked downtown would recieve payment for loss hours from the state. The collection agency opened anyway and when I didn't show up they tried to say the I gave notice a week before the flood. It took 2 years for the state to send me the money. I heard they had to pay a huge fine because of it.

So I'm guessing in this day and age they will put you on "leave" and send you home unless you are union or the state orders you. I remember the agency I worked for tried to get us to take sick days or vacation cause they didn't want the state to find out they stayed open.
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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Hank Fist » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:50 am

i started taking in a little water in the basement yesterday, luckily it flows straight to the drain.

In-laws have a non-stop flow though. Windsor Heights.

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Post by aeon grey » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:56 am

I just got reports from two friends... one has 4 ft.. one has 6 ft of water in their basement.

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Re: this flood sucks.

Post by Wheatstache » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:49 am

aeon grey wrote:I just got reports from two friends... one has 4 ft.. one has 6 ft of water in their basement.
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