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- TheBogie, on 06/17/2008, -0/+13How interactive is this? Will I be able to flood Cleveland?
- krische, on 06/17/2008, -0/+12How come there is no data for wisconsin? Most rivers in the Southern portion of the state have all set new records according to the NOAA.
- j0ew00ds, on 06/17/2008, -0/+11That preview photo is obviously not from the Midwest.
- Halligan, on 06/17/2008, -0/+9This is inaccurate. I live in Iowa and the 93 flood was not as high on the Cedar. NOAA data shows the 1993 record crest at 19.27 feet. Last Friday the crest was 32.12 feet.
- MisterEX, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4Thanks for putting this up. I'm originally from Iowa and have several friends whose houses are underwater. It's quite sad to see the nasty damage water can do to your house and the sludge it leaves behind.
- Marumekomu, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4Am I an idiot, or does this only show statistics - not an interactive map of where is currently flooded?
Knowing the water level is kind of useless on a map, if you don't have a height map... - SpriteMV, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3I agree. I'm from Iowa City and the Iowa River here as well as the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids both crested at historical all-time highs. The old records were smashed by 10 feet or more. Luckily the water has crested and it's finally beginning to fall.
- haeber, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3Interactive? Bullocks.
This doesn't do justice to the terrible tragedy - it seems to me more of a way to profit from it... - TWillz, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3Not very accurate at all. Southeast Wisconsin and Northern Illinois are flooded in many areas. This map doesn't even show the Fox river as being flooded and it's currently at a record stage.
- thelonious, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2Weather Underground has a new USGS layer which covers the entire U.S.
http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/rivers - Remmiz, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2There is also that whole lake which burst causing a surge of water through houses and roads...that's not worthy of blips on their map I guess.
- DooM, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2"This is a tradgety"
Agreed. They definitely needed better strategery in planning for the inevitable in these areas. - ericsinvention, on 06/17/2008, -2/+4If anybody wants to understand what happened. Open Google earth now and follow along.
Go to Cedar Rapids. Note the elevations by mousing over and reading the elevation at the bottom of the screen.
River is at an elevation of 700 ft. Standard level at this latitude.
Note that both up and downstream there is very little building along the river and almost none below 730ft elevation...except Cedar Rapids where there is building like crazy right up against the banks.
Note now how just downstream from C.R. the "artery" narrows right up against a huge man-made land fill at the bend in the river where the river also narrows to about 250ft wide when upstream it is 4 times that width.
Think about the fluid dynamics. Big river turns 90 degrees and shrinks to 1/4 its width against a wall...must drain through tiny opening. Flow is impeded, river rises upstream and people in the low spots cry. why why why!?
I feel bad for these people. They aren't engineers and they don't know any better. They saw a house along the river, they bought it.Now they are paying the ultimate price.
People DID disregard the river at Cedar Rapids. Complacency does not make a good foundation. This river is known to get very large at least once a generation.
Do people just assume that a 500 year flood is 500 years away? Being classified as a 500 year flood is no consolation to the people who today have gambled and lost to builders and politicians who, in the face of statistical odds, thought it was worth the risk.
Obviously the people up river and down river knew a thing or two about building along the river because except for a daring few, they just didn't.
Lesson learned. Do NOT rebuild in these places if you don't expect to rebuild again and again. The river rules them and does not care that you've lived here all your life and have never seen anything like this. Now you have. Move to higher ground.
- jonjonaramacon, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2This map is missing too much information to be considered anywhere near accurate. Say, all of the other rivers and lakes in Wisconsin that have flooded other than Lake Delton, to say the least.
Plus, the only interactivity is the ability to zoom in and see a closer view of nothing. Wait, you can mouse over and see how high the rivers are! Those are numbers that won't mean anything unless you live near the river, in which case you wouldn't need to look at a map to see the problem. - psyon, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2I came to say the same thing. The record was 20ft though, back in 1929, and 1851.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=d ... - pheil, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1The water measurements are really inaccurate (compared to NOAA's measurements)
For example, In Iowa City, MSNBC claims the maximum water level for the Iowa River was 31.09' on July 13 and the record was 32.13' in 1993. NOAA says it was 31.53' and the previous record was only 28.5' in 1993.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=d ...
There are similar discrepancies for the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
You can find the NOAA "interactive map" here: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=dvn - geekchic, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Can you get a plug-in version for The SIMS?
- dtfinch, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Only interactive in IE.
- Remmiz, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1I know the Salvation Army is doing a telethon today on a local station. It runs from Noon-4:30 today and the number should appear on the website here: http://www.todaystmj4.com/
- BillE3, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1This is a tradgety as it has been in the midwest before. There should be more consideration about building down along the bank of the river within known flood stages. If it happened before, it will happen again and it may even be worse the next time.
- Remmiz, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Tommy Bartlett's Mud Show!
- zmigliozzi, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Only one has broken a record, well that was disappointing. News keeps going on how bad it is but only one has broken a record.
- Kyan, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1How do you turn on the altitude at the bottom. I only get long and lat.
- 471776, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Anyone know if there's a way to donate to the Midwest flood relief efforts via PayPal? The Red Cross wont let me. Not surprising, their website was apparently designed by a dyslexic 5 year old.
- Kyan, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Yeah, this site is really pretty lame.
They should have a contour map and show the flooded vs normal views. That would be interesting. All this page shows is something that could be shown much easier in a simple table of data. - t1m0j5, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1lake Delton gone
- andreo, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Wow, I didn't know the Midwest only consisted of the Mississippi river. Because thats the only interactive part that I see on the map...
- ricksite, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Flood plains are already taken into consideration. Levels in some places (i.e. Cedar Rapids) were far beyond what anyone had ever expected.
- inactive, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1For all of you that are bitching about not being interactive, did you think you were going to be able to control the river with it????
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- stephenhacking, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1more barricades?
- ericsinvention, on 06/17/2008, -0/+0Make sure you are zoomed in enough to key in on a particular region. It will not show if you are too far up.
Also make sure you are showing scale and status bars under the "view" tab.
It is "elev" you are looking for and it should be just after lat/long. - catfoodgood, on 06/17/2008, -1/+0Yeah! ... Duh!?!
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