We got out friends out of their house yesterday afternoon and evening. Not everything was removed, but everything they wanted to save was. It is now safely packed in another friend's garage until this all blows over. This poor family now has things at 3 locations (4 if you count that somethings stayed behind in the house soon to be flooded). The bulk of their things are in the aforementioned garage, some things are at the house they are staying at until the end of the week, and other things are in the garage of the house they will be staying at starting Sunday and will be inhabiting indefinitely. The wife's sister is getting married this weekend as well, just in case they did not have enough going on. But they are safe now and so are their belongings.
Now for an update on the river and spillway:
It's here!
"Mother Nature defied forecasters for a day because the Coralville Reservoir did not spill over at midnight Monday, but by the end of the day Tuesday, the inevitable happened. About 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, water topped the 712 feet above sea level threshold and began trickling over the dam, said U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park ranger Kate Soska, who was on site Tuesday evening." -Press Citizen
Not sure if I mentioned yesterday, but they closed the Park St. bridge, which we usually take everyday to work. They need to secure it before the water came up over it. We checked it on the way to work this morning and the water was still a foot or 2 under it (which is not much change from yesterday). So that is a good sign for now. We will have to check on the way home tonight.
I will continue to update and hopefully post pictures soon.
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