Iowa folks please check in

Have not heard from her but my generator ran for 3 days!

Hi, I'm here. Our community fared well. Kept power, relatively few trees down, but I will say it was a strange and scary storm  and there didn't seem to be much warning.

My son is in Iowa City and the Cedar Rapids area where damage was much more extensive. He got power back on Thursday, his GF works at a hospital that still is operating on emergency generators. They hope power will be completely restored in a couple of weeks.

Our local utility sent street crews, electric workers and others over to help on the cleanup effort and individuals are putting together relief trucks, etc., to try to help out.

My heart really hurts for Cedar Rapids, which was hit hard by flooding a few years ago and really just seemed to be getting back on its feet. This has been devastating for them and for many of the small towns in the area.

Thanks for asking TPM. I was reading about it and my heart goes out to everyone affected. IowaMom and Good Night, please let us know if you hear of any way we can support direct and local relief efforts. 

Anyone else from Iowa?

From what I’ve seen, Cedar Rapids has been hit really hard.  We’re about 3 hours East in Wisconsin.

Baseball related:  I hope Perfect Game’s facility (Prospect Meadows) just outside of Cedar Rapids didn’t sustain serious damage.

My Son goes to Grinnell. They still don't have power.  He said its a pretty big mess.  The storm tore up the college's stands pretty badly. Talked to the coach -- he said its the worst he's seen in years and years.   The school actually pushed out the start to the school year by a week to allow things to be cleaned up.

Thoughts and prayers to the HSBBW Iowa community

I was outside. it has 90 % humidity and very still.My first thought was tornado. 5 seconds to the door and 80 mph winds. We  have blocks of huge oaks just blown over. For 3 days we moved my generator all over the neighborhood to keep fridgs going. Big fun.