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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Iowa flood of 2008, June 2008 Midwest floods, Rockwell Collins, Washington High School, Jefferson High School, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, Westdale Mall, KWWL, Mount Mercy University, Coe College, Emerald Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, Iowa Masonic Library and Museum, Kirkwood Community College, The Eastern Iowa Airport, Xavier High School, Brucemore, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Veterans Memorial Stadium, KRNA, Veterans Memorial Building, Cedar Rapids Prairie High School, Prairie Music Department, Lindale Mall, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids Kernels, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway, WMT, Paramount Theatre, KGYM, KZIA, Peoples Savings Bank, The Gazette, St. Luke's Hospital, Iowa Biennial, Mother Mosque of America, Museum of Art Cedar Rapids, U.S. Cellular Center, Mercy Medical Center, McLeodUSA, Linn County Courthouse, John F. Kennedy High School, WMT-FM, National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Heritage Microfilm, NewspaperARCHIVE.com, Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival, KDAT, Grant Wood Cultural District, Blessed John XXIII Catholic Church, Mays Island, Cedar Rapids Transit, Cedar Memorial, KKSY, Cedar Rapids Ice Arena, Bethel African Methodist Church, Frightmare Forest. Excerpt: The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa beginning around June 8, 2008 and ending about July 1. Flooding continued on the Upper Mississippi River in the southeastern portion of the state for several more days. The phrase "Iowa's Katrina" was often heard. The flooding included (from north to south, east to west), the Upper Iowa River, the Turkey, and the Maquoketa Rivers; outside of the Driftless Area, they include the catchments of the Wapsipinicon River and that of the Iowa River, to include the latter's major tributary, the Cedar ...