People in the midwest (Iowa and Missouri) affected by the flooding wasted no time in posting video to YouTube. Here’s some footage from Washington, Missouri.
Missouri Valley, Iowa got 5-7″ of rain in a very short period of time, which resulted in three levee breaks. This clip is part of a series … this guy (I don’t know why I think it’s a guy) decided to go with a rock video treatment … and here’s one from Wyeth Hill in St. Joseph MO. (Across the river, Elwood Kansas was in the process evacuating.)
A Flickr search for “missouri flood” pulled up 490 images. I’m sure I missed some good ones. Go ahead and post them in Comments.
While watching the ‘rock video treatment’ clip, I couldn’t get myself into the serious natural disaster mental state that one would expect while viewing a rising flood… maybe it was because it was set to Wierd Al’s newest hit “White & Nerdy”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbVtbc_XzrI
While watching the flood video, I kept expecting Donny Osmond to jump out of a jon boat and bust a move.
Maybe next time they can set a Category 5 twister to the hit “Eat It”, or a California earthquake to “Polkarama!”.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=194053791&s=143441&i=194054033
What are some great songs that could have been placed with these images? Here’s a few …
The Sky Is Crying or Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughan
Rain Please Go Away – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Who’ll Stop The Rain or Green River – CCR
Thunderstruck – AC/DC
Big River – Johnny Cash
or …
Blame It On The Rain – Milli Vanilli