Iowa Flood pictures

Tokyudo · Jun 27, 2008

Hi everyone, I just wanted to say hi and share some pictures I took from the recent devastating floods in Iowa. I am a beginner photographer so please feel free to critique or give any advice.

Tokyudo · Jun 27, 2008

Bambi Rescue

sabbath999 · Jun 28, 2008

You have some good shots there. Interesting how female deer will leave their young to drown... I am in northeastern Missouri, and I read a report that the Quincy, IL authorities have over 30 fawns rescued from the water where their moms swam off and just left them.

sabbath999 · Jun 28, 2008

BTW I am assuming that is Sans Souci island in Waterloo, right?

Ejazzle · Jun 28, 2008

wow.

thats devastating, my prayers are with anyone who had to go through this disaster

Tokyudo · Jun 28, 2008

sabbath999 said:
BTW I am assuming that is Sans Souci island in Waterloo, right?

That is correct. These pictures are heartbreaking but at the same, they need to be seen because a lot people underestimate the power of floods.

Fortunately for the people of Sans Souci, they all have flood insurance. I can't say that for a lot of other people though

sabbath999 · Jun 30, 2008

The people of Sans Souci had BETTER have flood insurance where they live... an island in the middle of a river that is prone to flooding is one heck of a place to be without it.

toots23 · Jun 30, 2008

wow that is a arsh flood there but i love the pic of the fawn the most

JerryPH · Jun 30, 2008

The duck seemed unaffected? (lol)

Seriously, I do hope no one was lost or injured. My thoughts to all the residents, human AND animal.

Nice shots.

phototard · Jun 30, 2008

that's horrible! I hope everything turns out ok for them. When did this happen?

Nice photos btw

Tokyudo · Jul 19, 2008

phototard said:
that's horrible! I hope everything turns out ok for them. When did this happen?

Nice photos btw

Thanks. The floods happened in early/mid June.

The people of Sans Souci all have flood insurance because they live in a flood plain. However, there are a lot of people were affected and can't get flood insurance because the area where they live wasn't considered as a 'flood plain'.

I had a co-worker had 5 feet of water in her basement. I helped her dismantle the pool table when it was all said and done

Joves · Jul 19, 2008

The fawn shots are the real money shots. But they all show how bad it was. National Flood insurance is a joke. I tried to get it but, they refused me because, I was next to a creek.

LaFoto · Jul 20, 2008

Oh dear, I would not want to have half my living room filled with river water!
We had footage of the floods on TV, of course, back when it happened, also footage from out of a helicopter to show the sheer expanse of water that enveloped everything, towns, farms, everything.
And those houses are primarily built from wood (timber), aren't they? How are you ever going to stop the bottom part from rotting away, once the water is gone?