Vista…and other things
I am now part of the wide world of people using Vista. This is not something I was particularly looking forward to, but I’m pretty sure it has progressed far enough that it will turn out all right. Also, I upgraded the core bits of my computer so I should have more than enough power [...]
Twitter is one of those ideas that I originally was unable to understand. And while I still don’t fully appreciate it, I have started to understand why it has become as popular as it is. It is interesting to get little glimpses into the thoughts of people.
Blogging is like that, but with blogs, entries are [...]
Flood Aftermath
The water finished falling a while ago and the massive cleanup effort had started even before the river was back to normal. And it will indeed be a massive cleanup. Most of the float houses suffered some kind of damage with many of them floating away and being extremely damaged/destroyed. Driving down the streets of [...]
Current State of … Things
New Forecast: 32 Feet
Current Level: 29.62 Feet
Water Restrictions in effect
Drinking only
Cedar Rapids water treatment currently at 25%
Water bottles have been filled
Mandatory evacuation may or may not be in effect here
Basically everyone within 1 block of current water level is ordered to evacuate…we may be there, but we are stuck in the area and don’t have [...]
Stranded
So…the floods have finally cut us off from leaving the general area. Ellis is closed as it mostly just looks like part of the river now. We have a high road that leads out of the area through back roads and such. Basically we end up on O Ave. which would connect us to Edgewood [...]