Eyerly flood quote makes Time ‘quotes’

Greg Eyerly, the city of Cedar Rapids' flood-recovery director, made Time magazine's “Quote of the Day.”

“We really feel that we are the forgotten disaster,” he says in the Aug. 28 issue.

The quote is accompanied by a big picture of a flooded city. The city is Coralville, not Cedar Rapids, but at least it's close.

Eyerly's quote was taken from an Aug. 27 New York Times story headlined, “After Iowa Flood, Feeling Just a Bit Ignored.”

Here's Eyerly's entire quote from the New York Times article:

“We really feel that we are the forgotten disaster,” he said. “We don't make sexy products. We make starch that goes into paper, we make foodstuffs, ingredients in crackers and cereal. We make ethanol. The sexiest thing we make is Cap'n Crunch. We're not a beachfront property. We make an anonymous contribution to our country, and people forget about us.”