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A Flood of Images: May 2019 – a new historic crest
As the Quad Cities moves into May we are at 49 days and counting above flood stage at Lock and Dam 15 in Rock Island, IL. This breaks all previous continual flooding records at that lock. (Update 05/13/2019 – At 3:00 … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1993 Flood, 2019 Flood, Dillon Fountain, Floods, Hesco barrier, Historic Flood, LeClaire Bandshell, Mississippi River, Record Weather, Top Ten Floods, weather
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A Flood of Images: July 2014
We may have posted The Flood of 1870: Bridging the gap between memories and measurements a bit too soon. Apparently, instead of celebrating no floods in 2014, we should have celebrated no spring floods. The summer flood of 2014 crested less than a week … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2014 Flood, Bandshell, City Cemetery, Davenport City Cemetery, Davenport Public Works, Dillon Fountain, Ferris Wheel, Figge Art Museum, Floods, Hesco barrier, LeClaire Park, Levee Inn, Mississippi River, Modern Woodmen Park, weather, Weather Records
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A Flood of Images: April 2013
Another flood has come and gone (or at least it is on its way to being gone!). While this one did not crack the Top 10 flood list, it unofficially crested at 19.12 feet on April 21, 2013 at Lock … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bandshell, Davenport City Cemetery, Dillon Fountain, Floods, Hesco barrier, LeClaire Park, Levee Inn, Modern Woodmen Park, Skate Park
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