"The lasting damage in Cedar Rapids is a testament to the scale of the storm, which cut a roughly 100-mile-wide swath from Nebraska across Iowa and through Illinois and Wisconsin and into Indiana and Ohio. It took the storm about 14 hours to travel nearly 800 miles (1,290 kilometers), causing an estimated $7.5 billion in damage and ruining 850,000 acres (345,000 hectares) of crops in Iowa alone..."
IOWA NEWS TOO....WELCOME!! here are a few pics from our family's Iowa City Years (most of the 1960's)...I was born there myself in 1967..as were my older brother and sister...while my dad was starting out as a CRC pastor (Christian Reformed Church)..., I cherish the Iowa City years and will always have a bit of Iowa in my heart & soul.
