I have a great video. It’s worthy of a Pulitzer.
A cute kid (who just happens to be a flood victim) is painting over the anti-Culver, anti-Halloran graffiti on his newly remodeled house in the Corridor. He is almost finished but can’t reach up to brush over the CULVER IS A DOOFUS higher up. Suddenly, Air [...]
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Let Them Watch Dirt!
Posted in Cedar Rapids, Flood, tagged Eastern Iowa, Flood of 2008, Gazette, multimedia, online video, schlock on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What comes around …
Posted in Cedar Rapids, Flood, tagged Cedar Rapids, Eastern Iowa, Flood, flood victims, flooding, Gazette, Iowa, tornado on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I thought I was immune. Earlier this past summer, a severe tornado hit Parkersburg, IA and devastated the area. I reported on the crisis and remember listening to tragic stories of the tornado victims. Maybe it was a coping strategy, but I rememember hearing incredible tales of hardship and thinking that this kind of loss [...]
Indelible images
Posted in Cedar Rapids, Flood, tagged downtown, familiar, flooding on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No matter how many videos you shoot (and I haven’t shot that many), there are a few that’ll remain in your mind’s eye forevermore.
The flood videos I’ve done so far, unquestionably, will fall into this “indelible” category.
On June 14, I boated past many of the same places that I’ve driven past before, and since. Cooper’s [...]
