Tornado warning and raining like a Mofo here in the QC

[Itchinjim]

Iowa and Illinois are getting hammered again tonight.
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=dvn&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=no

[MadMaddie]

1. damn. best wishes to everyone in that region.

[madaboutharry]

2. I am in Wisconsin and most of the roads in my town

are flooded and impassable. I have never seen anything like this in my life. I am thanking
God my house is built up a little hill. It is really horrible here.

[aquart]

6. Have you been in touch with your lower neighbors? How are they?

[madrchsod]

8. where are you at?

[madaboutharry]

18. Right now I am on the phone with

my husband. He is having trouble getting home. All the roads are flooded out. My street is ok, because we are on higher ground. All the neighbors around the corner are flooded out.

[Oceansaway]

3. stay safe neighbor...n/t...

[midnight]

4. What is the QC?

[KamaAina]

10. Quad Cities

Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa and Rock Island and Moline, Ill., all pretty much adjacent.

[madrchsod]

5. and wisconsin

everything is going just west of sterling illinois so far...it`s starting to look bad here in dixon....just updated tornado watch till 2 am.

my son is in janesville wisconsin and they have been hammered all day. the water shed for the rock river has been getting rain all day.that`s not good because the rock has`t crested yet in janesville...it`s not looking good for anything south of the john deer expressway

[Tashca]

7. Were getting hit here in CR again too.

Tornado's and hail and floods.....oh my....(sung in my best Wizard and Oz voice)

oh well....think I'll get a beer....and I don't drink...

[lonestarnot]

9. Iowa has already been hammered.

By AMY LORENTZEN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 3 minutes ago

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding;_ylt=Anl8yWDtt6U185hvONWKsuGs0NUE


CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets.

Officials estimated that 100 blocks were underwater in Cedar Rapids, where several days of preparation could not hold back the rain-swollen river. Rescuers had to use boats to reach many stranded residents, and people could be seen dragging suitcases up closed highway exit ramps to escape the water.

[madrchsod]

11. what river goes through cedar rapids?

i used visit my folks relation when i was a kid i think the last time i was there was in the 70`s

opps....the cedar river....

[Tashca]

12. The Cedar.....n/t

[gullwing300]

16. Probably that's why it's not named "Green Rapids"...

:shrug:

[gullwing300]

13. We here in the former tornado alley feel for you guys. It's all moving North

a lot quicker than even we predicted. Gonna be ugly from now on. Sorry.

[hedgehog]

14. Finally one of the TV news people said something tonight that

explains the situation a little better. Something along the lines of "I'm standing here in the river which normally is about 1/2 mile away.." It's one thing to get flooded out when you live on the river bank. It's quite something else when you'd normally have to walk a good 15 or 20 minutes to get there!

[PeaceNikki]

15. SE WI, too

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

17. Take care y'all!

Monster weather sucks! Here in the Pacific Northwest, we feel your pain!

:grouphug:

[brer cat]

19. Thoughts and prayers with all of you.

Stay safe. :grouphug:

[MuseRider]

20. Are you all OK?

We just got done for now with our storms, suffered some damage on the farm but nothing terribly serious. Please let us know when you are out from under your warning.