Julie's Journal
Good girls have diaries... Bad girls have blogs!My mother sent me some pictures of my hometown flooding. The following two really made my heart hurt.
This is the Flamingo on Ellis Blvd. where I spent almost every Friday night with my parents and their friends. They had the greatest pizza ever! Thin crunchy crust with grease that dripped down your arm while you ate it.
This is the A&W on Ellis Blvd. I spent many nights as a kid/teen with my friends.
(I am not sure who to credit the pictures to, but thank you)
[tags]Cedar Rapids Iowa, Iowa Floods, Flamingo restaurant, A&W[/tags]
Comments
What a tragedy!
My heart goes to all those that have been affected.
Sometimes we take so many things for granted until something like this awakens us and make us realize how important it is for us to plan and always to be grateful.
WOW!! You know from the news that things out there were bad, but until seeing stuff like this it just doesn’t hit you! So sad!
Joseph – you’re exactly right. I never realized how important some of these places were to me until I see them like this.
Holly – the pictures sure make it more real 
WOW. That is amazing. What a flood!
I hope everything gets cleaned up. It can be painful to look back at pictures of your hometown regardless – even when there isn’t some kind of tragedy. This must be ten times worse for you!
Yikes! These pictures are the most graphic I have seen – partly because I “know” someone who has a relationship and memories tied up here. This is truly devastating for so many. My heart goes out to all who are affected.
Mary – thanks for your comment, it’s truly heartbreaking.
Wow, that is surreal. I hope they can all get their businesses back and get back to life as usual. I feel so bad for them.
Karen – it sure is surreal!
Wow! The flood must had caused a lot of damage. Hope everything goes back to normal again.
I hope that the people there are getting back a little bit of what they’ve lost.
That is so sad… floods and fires scare me. Just the thought of loosing everything you have, it’s devastating.
Your parents were not flooded out, were they?
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JMom – no they were not affected at all 
jerryg on 31 July, 2008 at 7:11 pm I just hope that everyone is okay. As they say, buildings can be rebuilt… Nice post, JJ!
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Christina on 1 December, 2008 at 12:36 pm People in this area still really need help. Contact your state and governmant officials to ask them to help. We still have people living without heat or electricity and we just had our first snowstorm.
