Corps of Engineers' warnings were accurate. FEMA Explains Why Some Cedar Rapids Residents May Need Flood Insurance. CEDAR RAPI DS -- More than 300 Cedar Rapids property owners might have to get flood insurance.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency met with the city council Wednesday night to explain why. FEMA's standards have changed, and Cedar Rapids' current levee system just doesn't meet the government's new requirements. One way to solve that problem is to ask those 300 property owners to get flood insurance.Cedar Rapids levees need to be about three feet higher to meet federal standards. Otherwise, FEMA officials say these neighborhoods could end up underwater. So, FEMA plans to expand the city's floodplain about two-years from now to include new homes and businesses.
"Just because a new map is drawn doesn't mean the flood risk has changed. 1st Street NW on June 11, 2008. June 11, 2008 intense moment the Big Flood. Dakota recording the flood of 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mississippi Floodwaters in Iowa. The rising Mississippi River has broken high-water records up and down the Iowa and Illinois shore, cresting as high as 12 feet above flood stage in some places.
Estimates place the cost of the damage at over $1 billion dollars, and concerns are rising over crop damage, toxic remnants that were washed into neighborhoods, future mosquito invasions, and maintaining supplies of clean drinking water. Communities further downstream are bracing for possible flooding as well. (16 photos total) A huge tornado funnel cloud touches down in Orchard, Iowa, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 9:04 p.m. The Globe Gazette and Mitchell County Press News reported that Lori Mehmen of Orchard, took the photo from outside her front door. Mehmen said the funnel cloud came near the ground and then went back up into the clouds. In Eastern Iowa, the City That ‘Would Never Flood’ Goes 12 Feet Under. Creepy Downtown After the June 2008 Flood. Coercion. Overview[edit] The purpose of coercion is to substitute one’s aims to those of the victim.
For this reason, many social philosophers have considered coercion as the polar opposite to freedom. [citation needed] Various forms of coercion are distinguished: first on the basis of the kind of injury threatened, second according to its aims and scope, and finally according to its effects, from which its legal, social, and ethical implications mostly depend. Physical[edit] Physical coercion is the most commonly considered form of coercion, where the content of the conditional threat is the use of force against a victim, their dear ones or property. Armed forces in many countries use firing squads to maintain discipline and intimidate the masses, or opposition, into submission or silent compliance.
Psychological[edit] Cedar Rapids Eyes Vision Iowa to Help with the $8.7 Million Riverfront Amphitheater. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The city’s riverfront amphitheater project has moved a step closer to securing a grant from the Vision Iowa Board’s River Enhancement Community Attraction and Tourism (RECAT) program.
A committee of the Vision Iowa Board on Wednesday approved the project and asked the city to enter negotiations with the board on a grant, a final decision on which should be made in March. Project Southside Seeks Vision Iowa $$ Parks and Rec MP Presentation 2010-06-01.pdf (application/pdf Object) The Devil's Advocate. Responsibility and accountability. Kelly vs Zinser. Zinser v. Kelly. Zinser FINALLY filling the holes. 8th Street NW Butchered by Zinser. Zinser Demolition Butchers 8th Street NW in Cedar Rapids. Hole on E. Miss Moldy is still standing! Bye Engine block by block. GOODBYE to the American Dream Can U Smell the Mold? Documenting holes.
Holes on 1st Street NW. Help this lady. Cedar Rapids offering deals on new homes. Rick Smith Published: December 16 2010 | 9:56 pm - Updated: 3 April 2014 | 6:23 pm in.
Corridor Recovery. Smulekoff’s: Looking to Sell if City Proceeds with Flood Wall. Study finds link between political corruption and FEMA money. Where natural disasters strike, political corruption is soon to follow, say the authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics.
But it's not the wind and rain that turns good folks bad; it's the money that floods in afterwards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "We find each $100 of FEMA-provided disaster relief increases the average state's corruption by nearly 102 percent," write Peter Leeson (George Mason) and Russell Sobel (West Virginia U.). "Our findings suggest that notoriously corrupt regions of the United States, such as the Gulf Coast, are in part notoriously corrupt because natural disasters frequently strike them. They attract more disaster relief, which makes them more corrupt. " Leeson and Sobel base their conclusions on a statistical model that measured the relationship between FEMA allocations and corruption in each U.S. state.
How many ways can a city violate a house? IJOBS paying for Green Roof on Condominiums. Cedar Rapids City Hall wants to lure back flood victims and attract others with deal on new houses. Verify the internet address you typed : crplanet.forumotions.net,and try again if there is a mistake.It is possible that the administrator has chosen to delete it.
Search results for : crplanet.forumotions.net The Adventure of the Blue Box Welcome to 'The Adventure of the Blue Box', a Doctor Who/Sherlock roleplay forum. We accept canons from both shows, plus original characters. #sherlock, #adventure, #blue, #wholock, #doctor, #crime, #detective, #space, #tardis, #story, #fanfic, #canon. Permit pulled 5th Street NW Divided. Home owners denied Developers empowered. Abandoned block SE Cedar Rapids. Developers in flood houses without owners permission. CRPD I turned the camera back on. How do you like your moldy air? DEMOS IN CR IA not about health all about $$$$$$$$$$ Cedar Rapids Flood Czar Meets with Residents. Cedar Rapids Flood Recovery Director Resigning. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Greg Eyerly, the city’s highly visible flood-recovery director, announced his resignation Friday.
He’s leaving the post he’s held for 18 months to join the Cedar Rapids office of worldwide engineering, architectural and consulting firm HDR Inc. Eyerly, 46, who started work with the city three years ago as a wastewater specialist and utilities operations manager, said he has had other opportunities to move to the private sector, but now “the timing seemed a little better.” Eyerly said he might have left sooner if he didn’t enjoy working with Mayor Ron Corbett and City Manager Jeff Pomeranz as much as he does. “The family is a lot happier when mom and dad get along,” Eyerly said, a reference to similarities in thinking that Corbett and Pomeranz share than Corbett and former City Manager Jim Prosser might not have. Flood Recovery Too Slow; Buyout Too Low for Some. CEDAR RAPIDS - Much of the criticism surrounding flood recovery and buyouts surrounds the slow pace.
But there are others who say they are willing to wait even longer. It all comes down to money, and a well-known phrase for disaster victims, "duplication of benefits. " City orders street crews to clean after midnight. Interview with people in flood zone about Berm. Greenway Residents. September 9, 2010 Berm Talk. Larry the Flood Victim. Citizen talks about his flood situation. Time Check Flood Story. Flood family from Time Check part 2. Cedar Rapids City Crews out after Midnight. June 19, 2008 Initial Drive through in my neighhborhood with FEMA Rep. Local Cops did NOT help us. Ajai talking to Cedar Rapids City Council.