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Des Moines Evacuations Ordered
Fox News ^
| 6/13/2008
Posted on 06/13/2008 11:08:55 AM PDT by hawkeye101
DES MOINES — Officials on Friday issued a voluntary evacuation order for much of downtown Des Moines and other areas bordering the river.
Officials recommended that downtown residents and businesses evacuate parts of downtown on either side of the Des Moines River by 6 p.m. Friday. Included are all areas in Des Moines' 500 year floodplain.
The alert was prompted by rising river levels expected to peak at 8 p.m. Friday.
Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie said they are asking for the evacuations "to err on the side of citizens and residents."
The evacuation should begin immediately, Cownie said, and be completed by 6 p.m.
Even as officials called for people to leave downtown, Cownie said residents should remain calm.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: des; desmoines; flood; iowa; moines
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To: SE Mom
They had and used their buses.
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posted on
06/14/2008 11:58:00 AM PDT
by
EBH
( ... the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness. --Alculin c.735-804)
To: redgolum
Might as well blame the Easter Bunny. I always knew that critter was pure evil...
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posted on
06/14/2008 12:02:06 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(John McCain just can't help himself - and I certainly can't and won't.)
To: dragnet2
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posted on
06/14/2008 12:02:55 PM PDT
by
djf
(Gorebull warming must be true! Didn't he win the Noble prize?)
To: Conservativegreatgrandma
That might not be as “socially acceptable” as in New Orleans or LA.
;-)
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posted on
06/14/2008 12:05:10 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(John McCain just can't help himself - and I certainly can't and won't.)
To: radiohead
I’m so heartened to see the way you folks in Iowa are dealing with the flood.
Thank you for showing us how a natural disaster CAN be handled.
My prayers are with you all.
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posted on
06/14/2008 12:11:43 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: EternalVigilance
You mean if I want a new TV I should get it the old fashioned way? I should buy it?
To: Conservativegreatgrandma; EternalVigilance
Well, the local micro brew in Davenport is threatened, and I have thought of volunteering to carry out as much beer as I can hold..
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posted on
06/14/2008 6:14:15 PM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: Conservativegreatgrandma
It’s really hard for me to imagine you doing anything else. ;-)
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:37:59 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(John McCain just can't help himself - and I certainly can't and won't.)
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