{"id":2405,"date":"2011-03-30T10:40:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T15:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2011-03-30T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T15:40:24","slug":"flood-of-images-the-west-end-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2011\/03\/30\/flood-of-images-the-west-end-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood of Images: the West End Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we keep a watchful eye on the river levels around here, it might be interesting to look back at the last\u00a0 few times it rose up to shake hands with Davenport.<\/p>\n

Here are a some of our favorite flooding images from the west side of the city:<\/p>\n

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The river made a parking lot out of streets in 1993 . . .<\/p>\n

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. . . and lakes out of\u00a0 parking lots in 2001.<\/p>\n

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For two years running, gazebos were islands unto themselves . . .<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 . . and playgrounds required a snorkel.<\/p>\n

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1993 might have caught us flatfooted (though the telephone poles were an inspiration to us all). . .<\/p>\n

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But by 2001, we finally got the hang of sandbags.<\/p>\n

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