My city is drowning
I live in the city of Davenport. IA and there is a major flood underway. It's been going on for about a month now and it's getting worse because of snow melt up north, etc. Today, there was a breach in one of the hesco barriers and the water flowed in. There are a number of businesses down there and may never recover. Oh, I guess I didn't mention that Davenport is on the banks of the Mississippi River.
The downtown area has a number of small businesses as earlier stated, as well as apartments, not to mention the bus station. It's been raining a lot the past couple of days so that isn't helping. Lots of coverage at www.kwqc.com.
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Lot of rain coming your way as well!! GOOD LUCK to all you people in Davenport!! 
(Link) https://qctimes.com/business/it-was-like-a-disaster-movie-temporary-flood-wall-fails/article_432b87af-7227-5b52-9023-bd2e6da8dc1b.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
Headline: 'IT WAS LIKE A DISASTER MOVIE': Temporary flood wall fails, sending water surging into downtown Davenport. Here's the latest.
"I was standing out front and saw it come in. It was like 'The Day After Tomorrow'," Neukam said as he stacked sandbags in the East 2nd St. building. "It was like a disaster movie, heading down the street really fast. And then it started getting worse."
Around 3:30 p.m., the temporary levees began to break. Just hours earlier, Davenport Police and Fire were walking East 2nd Street, urging people to evacuate. The Hesco flood barriers haven't been used in a flood higher than 21.5 feet, according to Nicole Gleason, assistant city administrator and public works director, and there was a risk they wouldn't hold. During the day, they had been reinforced with sandbags on the tops and backs of them, because having the river at 21 feet was a "milestone," she said.
“If the flood wall goes, we will not have time to evacuate anyone," Police Chief Paul Sikorski told business owners.
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Stay safe everyone!
Heard it's bad 
