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IADEMO2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-11 12:48 PM
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Missouri River water getting lower but roads still closed.
and they won't be open soon.


North of Council Bluffs
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-11 09:51 AM
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1. Ugh. This will take years to recover from.
I saw a man on TV recently whose farm is still underwater. He just seemed defeated by the whole thing.

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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-11 09:52 AM
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2. It is finally below flood stage by sioux city
What a mess.. but there is one bright spot in this.. we are going to need a LOT of workmen to rebuild.. privately and publicly.
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cyberswede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-11 10:18 AM
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3. Hopefully they'll get paid decent wages.
...but I'm not optimistic. Didn't Bush waive the Davis-Bacon Act requirements after Katrina so guest workers could be payed a lower wage?
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-11 10:28 AM
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4. Fingers crossed..
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-11 12:05 AM
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5. Yes, but it was really so his subcontractor friends could pay less and make more money.
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IADEMO2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 01:01 PM
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7. New picture link & Iowa DOT pictures
Edited on Mon Aug-29-11 01:09 PM by IADEMO2004
http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20110825&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=708259851&Ref=AR&maxw=490&maxh=275




http://www.omaha.com/article/20110825/NEWS01/708259851


Iowa Dept Transportation Flood Pictures


http://www.iowadot.gov/floods/2011floodgallery1.html

Closing the rural Workforce Development Offices will pay for the repairs right?
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