Saturday, June 14, 2008

(Salem United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids

Photo by Jill Sanders)

As of today, 83 of Iowa's 99 counties have been declared state disaster areas. Eighteen counties have been designated as federal disaster areas. Cedar Rapids is innundated. Iowa City is in peril. Levees in parts of Des Moines have given way.

The Storms 2008 section of the Iowa Annual Conference (United Methodist) website - http://www.iaumc.org/page.asp?PKValue=1383, has audio and photo pages and updates on how churches and parsonages are faring.

Current inter-faith responses to the Storms are posted at: www.iowawaters.blogspot.com

Please use this blogsite to share your experiences, post photographs, list links of helpful information and offer suggestions about how others can cope with this crisis.