A 'historic hydrological event' in the making.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Cedar River poured over its banks Thursday in a 'historic hydrological event', 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.

"The rest of the levees in the city have not broken down but what the problem is is the water went way up over the top — well over a foot over the top of the levees," Dave Koch, the city's public information officer, told FOX News, adding "it's a 500-year flood and it just overwhelmed us."

Days of heavy rain across the state have sent nine rivers across Iowa at or above historic flood levels. Residents were already steeling themselves for floods before storms late Wednesday and early Thursday brought up to 5 inches of rain across west central Iowa.

"We are seeing a historic hydrological event taking place with unprecedented river levels occurring," said Brian Pierce, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Davenport. "We're in uncharted territory — this is an event beyond what anybody could even imagine."

Gov. Chet Culver has declared 55 of the state's 99 counties as state disaster areas.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,366283,00.html

Now I wonder why that dummy ...... Brian Pierce, a meteorologist, ....... would say something like that?

I can only assume that it was because he is a "Global Warming" fan, and llike Al Gore and others, ....... wants to keep the public "worried and scared" so that their agenda is not compromised.

Maybe that DUMMY should take a look at the Army Corps of Engineers' ..... Flood Maps ...... for those areas in Iowa that are experiencing that flooding.

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