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Mr. Smith is a Systems Architect for Wells Fargo, Communications Director for the Polk County Republican Party, and a political blogger at the Des Moines Register. He is a founding member of Valley Evangelical Free Church in West Des Moines, Iowa. Art is the Publisher and an Editor of The Conservative Reader, The Conservative Reader: Iowa and Editor of Blog Net News Iowa. He occasionally appears at BitsBlog, and substitutes for Tim Albrecht at "The Beanwalker Live!" on the internet radio station Des Moines Local Live.
Art's views are purely his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Wells Fargo, Polk County Republicans or Valley Evangelical Free Church.
By Art Smith. Posted Sunday, Jun 22, 2008 at 10:18 pm Filed Under: Floods of 2008, Iowa, Weather
I’ve got two sets of photos to share. The first are photos from around Des Moines during the peak water levels, including the Raccoon River, Des Moines River, and some creeks.
The following photos were taken along the Des Moines River on Thursday, June 19. The river level has receded quite a bit, and yet riverside walkways are still covered at least 10 feet (the night photos show the top of the wall along the walkway just breaking the surface of the water about 15 yards from the levee). The Pedestrian Bridge is not yet opened, and has major debris jammed into it.
The railroad bridge, which in earlier photos had sand covering the tracks, is now open.
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