Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
SOME RAIN: There will be some chances of rain through the end of the week but the best chances look to be over the western and southern counties of the state. The northern and eastern counties may remain dry for the rest of the week. There will be some shower and thunderstorm activity mainly over …
Another Flood of 2008 Book written by Jeff Stein, a professor at Wartburg College in Waverly. This one takes us on a day by day basis and not just in one community (similar to other books). We see pictures of the flooding and the damage left behind all along the Cedar River (which this books …
Another book written about the 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids, takes us beyond not just the flooding but into the personal lives of those that were effected by the flood physically and mentally. Through the neighborhoods and businesses of Time Check, Ellis and Czech Village. Stephen J. Lyons takes the reader on a tour of …
For a book that has been out of print for over 20 years, I recently recieved a copy of Tornado Accounts of Tornadoes in Iowa Second Edition by John L Stanford (former Professor at Iowa State). The book (Second Edition) was written and compiled in 1987. (A first Edition was written in 1977). This is …
This is a book review of Un-Natural Disasters written by former KWQC Chief Meteorologist Terry Swails and his wife Carolyn Wettstone. Unlike the previous book from the Gazette, this book also covers the EF5 tornado that hit Parkersburg and New Hartford 6 months ago along with the Flood of 2008. This book was very well …
Epic Surge, Eastern Iowa’s unstoppable Flood of 2008 is a book by the Gazette (of Cedar Rapids). I recieved my copy today and went through it. The pictures speak for themselves. Numerous shots of the city of Cedar Rapids underwater. Homes destroyed and sandbagging efforts. Very little is said as they let the pictures tell …