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View Poll Results: What Do You Know About Midwest Flooding?
There was a flood? 7 30.43%
A little 3 13.04%
Some 8 34.78%
A lot 4 17.39%
I donated, fool! 1 4.35%
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Old 07-12-2008, 11:19 AM
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Question What Do You Know About the Iowa Flooding?

Okay, fess up. Do you actually care about the flooding that has demolished the second largest city in Iowa, as well as drowning half of the U of I? (Go Hawks!) What do you know?


Note: Choice 5 also applies if you were involved in the flood (ie. volunteered, were flooded, or were affected by the acute water and power shortages that went on for weeks).
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Old 07-12-2008, 11:23 AM
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Actually I know some people down there, so a lot. I'm curious what the east coasters know though.
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Old 07-12-2008, 11:25 AM
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And thats what I'm concerned about: the people who have other things to do, or whose houses are burning in CA.
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I know we weren't inundated [I was going to say 'flooded' ] with stories and pictures of stupid blacks looting TVs and stereos like we were during Katrina.
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I emailed someone I know who lives in Iowa and asked her how she's doing. So far no reply. I hope that just means she's not interested in "talking" to me and that she isn't in some trouble because of the floods.
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And just so there is no confusion: when I said "And thats what I'm concerned about:the people ... houses are burning in CA." I meant that they have other things to worry about, not that they are apathetic. I feel for them as well.
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I emailed someone I know who lives in Iowa and asked her how she's doing. So far no reply. I hope that just means she's not interested in "talking" to me and that she isn't in some trouble because of the floods.
Does she live along the river? Only a fraction of the state was flooded.
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I emailed someone I know who lives in Iowa and asked her how she's doing. So far no reply. I hope that just means she's not interested in "talking" to me and that she isn't in some trouble because of the floods.
I'm given to understand there haven't been any flood related deaths. So at least it shouldn't be that.

But she could not be checking her e-mail much at the moment. Might want to try it again later. She could have gotten flooded out and your message is buried under a month or more of spam and won't get checked.
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I'm given to understand there haven't been any flood related deaths. So at least it shouldn't be that.
That's because white people are smart enough to move out of the way when a flood comes. Can't say the same about the stupid blacks in New Orleans.....



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