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Jay - You guys under water?
On Jun 14, 10:51 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
I certainly hope that your sandbags hold, and the water level recedes. Latest aerial photos from Iowa City:http://tinyurl.com/5awhnt Latest photos from the Alexis Park Inn & Suites, our hotel:http://www.alexisparkinn.com/great_flood_of_2008.htm Things are looking better here. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Your about to be flooded and so you went to Dairy Queen? Lou |
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Jay - You guys under water?
Your about to be flooded and so you went to Dairy Queen?
Strange, no? None of us believed it was going to be so bad, and I knew that both our home and hotel were above the 500 year flood plain. So, we were checking out the river and stumbled upon a round of peanut buster parfaits... As it turned out, we have sand-bagged the hotel for nothing -- thank goodness. (Dairy Queen wasn't so lucky -- they're under several feet of water, just two years after being wiped out by the Tornado of '06.) The river is expected to crest later today. We're essentially an island at the hotel, now, with access from the north and south cut by the river -- and both freeways into Iowa City (I-80 and I-380) are closed -- so we're basically out of business -- but at least we're safe. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" "Lou" wrote in message ... On Jun 14, 10:51 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote: I certainly hope that your sandbags hold, and the water level recedes. Latest aerial photos from Iowa City:http://tinyurl.com/5awhnt Latest photos from the Alexis Park Inn & Suites, our hotel:http://www.alexisparkinn.com/great_flood_of_2008.htm Things are looking better here. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Your about to be flooded and so you went to Dairy Queen? Lou |
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Jay - You guys under water?
Anyway - looks like the waters are receding finally.
Relieved for you. Thanks, but that's in Cedar Rapids -- different river. Here in Iowa City the Iowa River is still rising. I got a tour of the dam last night, courtesy of a Corps of Engineers buddy (the dam area is closed to the public right now) and the water is still coming over the spillway at record levels. Worse, water is coming into the reservoir at 10,000 cubic feet per second FASTER than they can release it -- so this is going to be an all-summer mess, I fear. The only solution, really, is going to be a protracted dry spell. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" "Airbus" wrote in message ... If you're still able to operate safely out of the airfield, why don't the two of you go up and do some aerial photography of your own? Anyway - looks like the waters are receding finally. Relieved for you. |
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Jay - You guys under water?
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:29:30 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote: As it turned out, we have sand-bagged the hotel for nothing Great to hear! |
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Jay - You guys under water?
Jay Honeck wrote:
Anyway - looks like the waters are receding finally. Relieved for you. Thanks, but that's in Cedar Rapids -- different river. Here in Iowa City the Iowa River is still rising. I got a tour of the dam last night, courtesy of a Corps of Engineers buddy (the dam area is closed to the public right now) and the water is still coming over the spillway at record levels. Worse, water is coming into the reservoir at 10,000 cubic feet per second FASTER than they can release it -- so this is going to be an all-summer mess, I fear. The only solution, really, is going to be a protracted dry spell. We'd love to take some of the rain burden off of you and place it here in South Carolina. |
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Jay - You guys under water?
If you're still able to operate safely out of the airfield, why don't the
two of you go up and do some aerial photography of your own? Anyway - looks like the waters are receding finally. Relieved for you. |
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Jay - You guys under water?
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:_O85k.209551$yE1.196800@attbi_s21... The river is expected to crest later today. It actually crested last night according to the Press Citizen. I'm just in a state of shock looking at all the pictures. - Rick, ex-pat Iowa Citian |
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Jay - You guys under water?
How deep did the water get in the T-hangars?
Until I looked at Google Earth, I didn't realize they were the closest structures to the river. Nothing at the airport has flooded. The hangars (and the hotel) are at 652' MSL. Everything below 648' MSL is under water. Latest updates, and aerial pix from our flight today, he http://www.alexisparkinn.com/great_flood_of_2008.htm -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay - You guys under water?
It actually crested last night according to the Press Citizen. I'm just in
a state of shock looking at all the pictures. Check out the latest update, including aerial photos from our flight today: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/great_flood_of_2008.htm -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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FEMA isn't there handing out $2000 visa debit cards. And why hasn't someone blamed the President for this? |
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