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Start Building Levee 6/10/08
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1st levee done
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Levee OK at 11am 6/14/08
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Hwy 70 Bypass levee breaking 6/14/08 around 8 pm. Outer levee broke around 5 PM.
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Bowling Alley and Senior Center
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This is a view on Hwy 92 looking East of Columbus Jct. |
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The first levee is build with sand covered with plastic.
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| It's estimated that 1500 truck loads of sand were hauled by the Louisa County Road Crew, State Trucks, and volunteers. |
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View looking East from Hwy 92 viaduct. The outer levee broke earlier. The inner levee just broke.
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The Bowling alley is the blue buidling and the Senior Center has the green roof. Casey's is in the background.
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CHC
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CJ Bowl, Medical, Economart
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East CJ 92
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CJ overall
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Economart, Medical Clinic Humor
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The new Community Health Center of SEI Iowa Louisa County Center was shut down. Low building in middle.
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Sammy's Ten Pin on left, HyVee Pharmacy, Dentist, Doctor's Office, Gip's, and the Economart.
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Looking East. Highway 92 East of CJ in foreground coming off via-duct.
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Overall view looking to the South of Columbus Jct. Area. Todd Town in right foreground.
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At least there's still a sense of humor. The photographer place the sign here and it wasn't me. Guess who?
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Economart after Crest
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Fairgrounds
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RR Bridge East of CJ
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Levee West of CJ Motel
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RR Cars with Rock and Coal East of CJ
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Economart Grocery Store with window broken. Water has gone down slightly.
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Louisa County Fairgrounds.
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Wow! This photo was taken from the RR Bridge East of Columbus Jct. over the Iowa. Cars are on the track. This is a one of a kind photo.
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Levee built West of the Columbus Motel. View is to the South from the RR tracks.
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These cars are on the RR bridge East of CJ.
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Fire Dept Hose for water supply
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Water Line from Tyson
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Overall East of CJ
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Hwy 61 North of Wapello
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Hwy 99 E Wapello levee break
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The CJ fire dept. is organizing fire hose they borrowed from area fire depts. The hose was used to supply water from Tyson to Columbus Jct. See next photo.
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The yellow hose on the RR track is supplying water to Columbus Jct. from Tyson Fresh Meats. Thanks Tyson!
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View of Columbus Jct. looking to the South.
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Looking to the North of Wapello. Hwy 61 is covered with Iowa River water from the Wapello city limits to the Iowa River bridge North of Wapello.
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View looking East of Wapello. Hwy 99 is in foreground. In the upper left of middle, there is a break in the IA. River levee flooding the road to Lake Odessa.
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