June 21, 2008 @ derek.broox.com

June 21, 2008

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

	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 1 comment
	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