still turned upside down for days. 02:11 normally i would have gas right now and be cooking meals in my own house instead of having to go out get meals.debaker says this flood event brought the community closer together than he s ever seen. 15:00 a group of people asked me if i needed help empty my basement, i had 16 people at my house all the sudden helping to empty my basement, unbelivebale, i ve never seen anything like that. bulicek says he feels the same way. 48:57 great community, everyone got together and it s don t play. and now, it s back to business. nats of going into bar and greeting people. how s it going?. good man. and again, we re seeing more in cedar rapids, mark carlson, kcrg-tv9. let s turn to weather now and meteorologis t joe winters. joe, the weather seems to be cooperating for the flood recovery efforts. skies eventually clear tonight with lows returning to the 4 is back again tomorrow with somewhat lighter winds and highs back near 70. we ll hover cl
that s when he went outside one of the girls in the back seat opened the door and said my sister has been shot. but earlier in the morning boike and his girlfriend let the girls into their home. said they were locked out of their house and were cold and they needed to use the bathroom. boike then remembers parks being polite and happy. thanked me and they were laughing, they were giggling you know just being teenage girls. boike s girlfriend allowing the girls to sit in her car to keep warm never imagining she would tend to parks there later that morning. i could hear here talking to her you know telling her look at me, you know keeping her attention and she did pray with her. the remains of a vigil now sit in that spot where parks life was taken so young. these are kids being, killing kids and they don t understand what life is and how long life aren t in school this week - because of the flooding. a 13-year-old is being charged with involuntary manslaughter in pa
new evacuation zone. but inside the new, smaller zone, alliant will inspect each home before turning the power back on. and midamerican energy company says it has approval from the city now to begin restoring gas service to properties outside the new zone. kcrg t-v nine s samantha myers joins us live from near the time check neighborhood tonight. samantha, you spoke with some people who have been able to move back home? chance to return to their homes today. although, some of the people who live on this street, a avenue northwest were not going to be able to stay in their homes tonight because they re waiting for power to come back on. tanneka smith returned to her home wednesday. i was really excited to come back because i want to one help my neighbors and get everything back in the house the street she lives on was inside the original flood revised zone. 11:38:38;29 but it s been a delay with the power getting back on and gas getting back on so just kind of waiting fo
plan on a quiet thursday with lots of sunshine and highs rebounding back to around 70 degrees. the wind won t be quite as strong as the past few days, but still notable out of the north. overall, the weather pattern remains dry, but more clouds are expected for tomorrow and saturday. due to the clouds, these days will be held down into the 60s for highs. next week, a warming trend continues to be on track with widespread temperatures into the 70s. as of now, rain chances continue to be focused on wednesday, though the development of an eventual hurricane could delay this rain the se coast. have a great day!today: sunny and mild. wind: n 10-20. high: 70 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: n 5-10. low51 tomoo irsgouds. wind: ne 69 tom. night: mostly cloudy. wind: ne 5-10. low: 54 thanks kaj. though the cedar river in cedar rapids is receding, the city is still in a major flood stage. kcrg-tv9 s meterologist justin geherts is in things looking there? i m in downtown cedar rapids by th
wednesday a woman forced to the town completely shut down submerged. these houses suddenly become waterfront properties, with water seeping into their basements. sadly, many say this is nothing new. (linda petersen, olin) we got the routine, okay we know the water s coming up, move everything up, move everything to higher ground. and then wait for the water to rise, and go back down. but the familiarity doesn t make it any easier. and it breaks my heart to have to throw out my daughter s because, well i was really.i said, i m sorry, but it s been flooded, there s no saving that kinda stuff. the flooding also taking it s toll on many farmers in the area. damage widespread on this farm. (shirley davis, olin) our corn crop, basically. our pasture is gone, which we ll probably never get back into. the new seeding.hopefully it hangs on. davis estimates nearly 400 acres of land have at least a little water on it. she says she won t know for sometime if she ll be able to salva