Saturday, June 21, 2008

I took 58 photos and wrote 13 microblogs. I was in Tipton, Sutliff, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

12:53 am

Sittin on dads new deck, hangin out, havin a drink, talking, listening to barges on the river. Beautiful night.

1:59 am

My dad just told me that he lost his virginity to a married chick. Haha, wtf

4:10 am

Well. My last tweet was not nearly as fucked as what my dad just told me.

11:01 am

Wakin up. Probably showering and off to cedar rapids soon...

11:05 am

I wish cell phone triangulation was a little more accurate about your current locations

2:00 pm

I always want to drive underneath these things

2:36 pm

Sutliff Bridge, half gone.

2:36 pm

The standing half of Sutliff Bridge

2:36 pm

Even the "good half" doesn't look that good...

2:36 pm

Trees and picnic tables stuck on the Sutliff Bridge

2:37 pm

Where we used to enter the Sutliff bridge

2:38 pm

I wanted to be over there pretty badly.

2:39 pm

Half of Sutliff Bridge

2:40 pm

The river that knocked out Sutliff Bridge

2:40 pm

Sutliff Bridge Roped off

2:44 pm

havin a PBR in Baxa's Sutliff Tavern

2:45 pm

The ceiling of Baxa's Sutliff Tavern

2:58 pm

Havin a pbr and watchin the cubs game at the sutliff tavern
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2:58 pm

Pics of the Sutliff Bridge being wiped out

3:07 pm

Sutliff bridge is half gone, the bar is prospering. I got pics.

5:09 pm

Piles of used sandbags all over the place.

5:11 pm

Gutted buildings and trash everywhere.

5:12 pm

Trashed office chairs

5:13 pm

Trashed office equipment

5:13 pm

Building guts.

5:13 pm

Pumping air into buildings to dry them out.

5:14 pm

Grafton Street Bar and Grill (notice the water line on the glass)

5:14 pm

Trash all in the streets

5:15 pm

Ruined stuff in the streets

5:15 pm

Garbage outside a building

5:18 pm

Quizno's Trashed

5:18 pm

Oak Panels, stove, etc.

5:21 pm

Front door to Norwood (vic's job)

5:21 pm

Men in white suits cleaning up

5:21 pm

Mountain of garbage outside Norwood

5:21 pm

Trash bulldozed off the streets

5:23 pm

Trashed house

5:23 pm

Shit everywhere

5:23 pm

Water levels and broken glass.

5:23 pm

Unsafe... and probably getting bulldozed soon.

5:26 pm

Quaker Oats and a Levee

5:26 pm

Debris hung up on a train bridge

5:27 pm

Houseboats and other Debris

5:29 pm

Water levels on a fence

5:30 pm

Throwing all their stuff out.

5:31 pm

Trash lined streets

5:31 pm

Trash lined streets

5:32 pm

Trash everywhere

5:32 pm

Trash lined streets

5:33 pm

Muddy American Flag

5:33 pm

Destroyed

5:33 pm

Throwing all their stuff out.

5:35 pm

Water lines

5:36 pm

Flood Damaged Computers and LCD monitors outside of Norwood

5:38 pm

Random roof in the middle of a sttreet

5:39 pm

Norwood is a pen printing company - there are pens everywhere outside of it.

5:40 pm

Pens outside of Norwood

5:41 pm

Restroom closed for cleaning

5:42 pm

Giant cylinder under the bridge

5:46 pm

Drivin around downtown cedar rapids. This place is like a war zone.

8:05 pm

"I'm gonna get a prince albert for our anniversary" -kari's dad

8:34 pm

Dinner at vino's for father's day. Great restaurant.

8:38 pm

At Vino's

8:48 pm

Sauce Phone

8:53 pm

Vic

9:56 pm

Oh man. About to have some 40 year old port. This should be awesome.

10:01 pm

$2.50 per year Port.

10:02 pm

A generous glass of 40 year old port.

10:45 pm

Us

10:54 pm

Victor's face was made by the perdunk and the tallywacker

11:46 pm

Smokin some sopranos edition boss cigars on jeff's porch with cognac. Damn these things are good

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