[Leica] Safe and out of the flood area

[crbirchenhall at googlemail.com (Christopher Birchenhall)]

Gene

My best wishes go to all those suffering from these floods. Are they
being attributed to global warming?

Chris

2008/6/14  <grduprey@mchsi.com>:
> Just a quick note to everyone.  It seems we chose the right time to take 
> our vacation and leave Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  The flood is at 34 feet as of 
> today and they are expecting it to go even higher by Sunday.  Fortunately 
> our house is not in the affected area at this time.  Also our house is on 
> top of a hill and pretty safe so far.  We have had contact with our 
> neighbors and all is right at this time.  Unfortunately for the center an 
> southern part of the city, all is not well, and is currently under 10 to 
> 30 feet of water, depending on where they are.  The library is a total 
> loss as none of the books and materials were able to be saved.  All of 
> downtown is under water, and both hospitals are flooded and have been 
> evacuated.  They are telling us it is the worst flood on record for the 
> entire state.
>
> Gene
>
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