Iowa Under Water
Here at Talk, we're having a hard time figuring out how to address the floods in the Midwest. We did this segment last week, and heard from listeners like Ellen, who described a basement so full of water it burst the foundation; and Charlie, who reported "several car dealerships lost their entire inventories just to softball-sized hail last week." And it's still not getting any better. Iowa's been particularly hard-hit, and somewhere in the middle of my somewhat passive consumption of the story, something hit me: a good friend of mine hails from there, and while she's safely tucked away in the U.K., her family still calls Iowa home. Of course, as soon as I fully realized that, I wanted to send an email, but it's sort of a strange one to send... I finally decided to be brief, and I hope to hear back from her soon with good news. In the meantime, I'm checking out the Flickr photo groups established to document the water, citizen-journalism style -- Iowa Floods of 2008, Iowa City/Coralville Flood 2008, and another from Cedar Rapids. Maybe there's another Talk segment on this in the future, but for now, letting the photographs tell the story just feels right.
10:53 AM ET | 06-16-2008 | permalink
