[Oe List ...] Iowa floods

[Nancy Trask]

Hi, Wiegel!
She was using her laptop with our wireless -- she must have emailed you!  Lots of internet connections are down in our area.  I want to sit down with her sometime & have a chat.  Can't say that we've actually gotten to know each other yet, but she lives in a nearby town or on an acreage nearby or some-such.  Would be great if we could collaborate on some things. 
Nancy

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Wiegel 
  To: Order Ecumenical Community 
  Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:19 PM
  Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Iowa floods


  I think, Nancy, that there was a ToP trainer, Ester Mae Cox, in your library for internet access this afternoon . . .

  Jim Wiegel

  n.trask at mchsi.com wrote:
    Hello everybody - 
    We are fine so far in Winterset, Iowa. We are located in SW Iowa, so approx. 
    80 miles from the Scout camp that had a hard hit from tornado. Several 
    tornadoes have been nearby, but we haven't had a direct hit, but the rain has 
    been non-stop. Our hearts are breaking for area farmers who have lost their 
    crops in the soggy fields, some of whom never got to plant in the first place 
    because it has been such a soggy spring. And of course our hearts are 
    breaking for Parkersburg, Iowa, which was flattened, & the Scout camp. 

    Cedar Rapids Public Library is full of about 4 feet of water at this time, & 
    one of their main hospitals closed yesterday. Numerous buildings at 
    University of Iowa (Iowa City) are closed, including the main library. Parts 
    of Des Moines are being evacuated. Displaced people are seeking internet & 
    email, so the rest of us librarians are doing what we can to accommodate. I 
    know there will be a lot of clean-up required from the floods, & we are hoping 
    that the levees hold. In Des Moines, they are saying that if a levee breaks, 
    there will be only a few minutes before the water would be at least up to your 
    neck, so they have been requesting voluntary evacuations all day.
    Thanks for thinking of us in the Iowa heartlands.
    Nancy Trask



    ---------------------- Original Message: ---------------------
    From: George Holcombe 
    To: ICA LIST SERVE , Order Ecumenical Community 
    Subject: [Oe List ...] Flood Victims
    Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:03:00 +0000

    > Any news from our Iowa colleagues and others in the flooded areas?
    > 
    > George Holcombe
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    > Austin, TX 78728
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