IA - Shooting at Cedar Rapids bar leaves 2 dead, 10+ injured, Apr 2022

[airportwoman]

Authorities as of now do not have a motive or suspects. They do believe that it was targeted.

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This is a city that used to be about as crime-free as one could expect from a city of its size, but the flooding in 2008 and the derecho in 2020 have really done a number on that region.

 

[GarAndTeed]

Wow- thanks for posting. I'm in Iowa City, and it feels unreal to see this stuff in this area- scary. I agree that all the crazy storms and flooding have done a number on us; I sure hope this kind of thing doesn't continue.

 

[Laughing]

Whoa, I've been across the street at The Map Room!

Yes, this is unusual for Cedar Rapids. My grandparents lived there back in the day.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[airportwoman]

Wow- thanks for posting. I'm in Iowa City, and it feels unreal to see this stuff in this area- scary. I agree that all the crazy storms and flooding have done a number on us; I sure hope this kind of thing doesn't continue.

I was a student in Iowa City in 1993, and THAT was no picnic either. I grew up in Des Moines, and THEY lost their water for 12 days. It was not a fun time.

And there were parts of Cedar Rapids that nobody EVER thought would flood, because the river crested 12 feet higher than it had ever been known to do.

 

[Laughing]

I was a student in Iowa City in 1993, and THAT was no picnic either. I grew up in Des Moines, and THEY lost their water for 12 days. It was not a fun time.

And there were parts of Cedar Rapids that nobody EVER thought would flood, because the river crested 12 feet higher than it had ever been known to do.

Oh, yeah, 1993! An entire museum was moved from campus to the Quad Cities.

A marker in our lives that the youngsters will never truly understand. That flood really pushed riparian science ahead, and now the Missouri/Mississippi system has restored marshes & wetlands along the length of the watercourse.

During that flood, the river near Marshall, Missouri was 7 miles wide. 7 miles wide!

jmho ymmv lrr