Busse Library provides these titles and websites for students and faculty seeking information about the Eastern Iowa Flood of 2008.
About the Flood
- Cedar Rapids Gazette flood page
- City of Cedar Rapids' flood page
- Iowa Flood Watch 2008
- KCRG-TV 9 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) flood coverage -- current news and archived footage
- 2008 Iowa Flood Information Page -- from USGS Iowa Water Science Center
- University of Iowa Flood Recovery Information
Flood Recovery
- Cedar Rapids Small Business Recovery Group
- Disaster Assistance Handout -- from Senator Tom Harkin
- Flood Recovery Information--from the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
- Floodlist -- person-to-person and business-to-business resource offered by the Cedar Rapids Gazette and KCRG-TV9
- Legal Resources for Flood Recovery -- created by Iowa City Public Library
- Palo, Iowa Flood Recovery Information
- Save Iowa -- portal for donation, assistance, news, and media
- 2008 Flood Resource Center -- from Governor's Office
- Vinton, Iowa Flood Relief Fund
Maps
- Cedar Rapids flood map -- map from the Gazette illustrating heights of the Cedar River
- Cedar Rapids 100- and 500-year flood plain zones -- from the Linn County Emergency Management Agency
- Flooding and Rainfall Maps of Iowa
- Iowa City [and Coralville] 100-year flood, 500-year flood -- from the City of Iowa City
Photos
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa Flood 2008--from Andrea Lynn Photography
- Flood related photo galleries -- from the Cedar Rapids Gazette
- The Great Flood of 2008
- 2008 Flood Keokuk, Iowa
- Vinton, Iowa Flood of 2008
Statistics
- Cedar Rapids/Linn County Flood Statistics--from The Iowa Independent
- Flood of Care flood info
- Iowa-Midwest Flood News and Statistics--from MCEER
Busse Library: Special Web Projects
- Comprehensive Cedar Rapids Gazette flood bibliography through September 2008 -- offers direct links to full texts via Newsbank
- Media Coverage: The Flood and the Arts Community -- offers national coverage of the flood, as well as documentation on arts organizations and their recovery
Busse Library Resources
- Bockenstedt, Travis J., LeAnn Neel, Dave LaRonde et al. Epic Surge: eastern Iowa’s unstoppable flood of 2008/2008. DVD F 622 .C433
- Muller, Lyle and Paul Jensen. Epic Surge: eastern Iowa’s unstoppable flood of 2008/2008. F622 .C43 2008
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