Iowa Governor Says Immediate Danger Has Passed After 'Catastrophic' Dam Break

Fox News ^ | 7-25-10

[afraidfortherepublic]

wa Governor Chet Culver said Saturday night the immediate danger near Lake Delhi had passed after a "catastrophic" dam breach sent water spilling downstream and hundreds of people fleeing for safety, The Des Moines Register reported.

Culver praised the quick action of emergency personnel in response to the dam break which sent water downstream from the Maquoketa River into the streets of Hopkinton and Monticello.

The Iowa National Guard was activated

[afraidfortherepublic]

July 24, 2010: Maquoketa River water gushes out of the Delhi Dam as areas surrounding the Maquoketa River continue to flood.

[cripplecreek]

Guess I should consider myself lucky to live above an earthen dam that’s only about 20 years old. We’ve been getting soaked for weeks here in southern michigan.

[Clara Lou]

FOX doesn’t mention fatalities, so I assume that there were none. Good news. Sympathy to those whose homes were inundated.

Wish we could get some of that rain here in Texas.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Iowa and much of the Upper Midwest have been pounded by a series of five to seven inch rains. It just won’t turn off.

[cripplecreek]

We have had some spectacular light shows though.

[Nervous Tick]

Very impressive picture. Good photography.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Did they get that Cadillac truck out of the sink hole in Milwaukee ?

[cripplecreek]

I love it when the lightning crawls along the bottom of the clouds like that. I was tempted to get up at 4AM this morning for some pictures but it started pouring before I decided.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t know. I’m in Michigan.

[UB355]

Yes, the Escalade was removed successfully.

[Harold Shea]

Same here in mid-Tn,I`ve been putting out hay for the cows for two weeks.

Two months ago we had terrible floods

Too much rain and too little are both terrible in there own way

Prayers for all you guys in this flood

[afraidfortherepublic]

Video of Dam Break in Iowa

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Spectacular photo!!

[momtothree]

Great photography. Just in case someone has never said it before, you take great pictures. I love them.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Ironically, my daughter and I were driving on Hwy 20 just east of Manchester and crossed the highly flooded Maquoketa River north of where the dam broke at about the time the dam broke.

We witnessed lots of water in IL and Iowa.

[skr]

Did you take that? I’ve tried to take photos of lightning but I’m not a proficient in photography.

[cripplecreek]

Yeah. Actually its deceptively simple. All you need is a tripod, a remote shutter release and a camera capable of the right settings.

I had the camera on manual mode and a bulb setting so I could take an exposure as long as I needed. I used ISO 400 @ f/10.



The lightning itself is pretty bright so small apeture is preferable. I just held the shutter open for 20 or 30 seconds till I get a lightning bold and close the shutter.

[skr]

Thank you very much for the information and another photo!

[Iowa Granny]

Lots of stress out there.