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Photos: Iowa Derecho recovery on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020
Aug. 15, 2020 7:41 pm, Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 2:01 pm
Cleanup and recovery efforts continue on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, the first weekend after the Aug. 10 derecho hit Eastern Iowa.
Volunteer Shane Hatch of Center Point, Iowa, cuts limbs from a tree along Second st. SW during a Community Storm Relief Effort location in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker gets information to volunteers during a Community Storm Relief Effort at Linn County Public Health in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Activity during a Community Storm Relief Effort at Linn County Public Health in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Lynette Jacoby (left) of Coralville, Iowa, and Janice Weiner of Iowa City, Iowa, organize donated goods to be distributed to residents in need at the Community Storm Relief Effort at Linn County Public Health in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kevin Drahos (right) shows the location for their assistance assignment to volunteers (from left) Dan Poggenklass of Palo, Iowa, Grant Johnson of Iowa City, Iowa, and Liz Nimmo of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, during the Community Storm Relief Effort at Linn County Public Health in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kim Proctor of Coggon, Iowa, gets loaded up with cases of bottled water during a Community Storm Relief Effort at Linn County Public Health in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker gets information to volunteers during a Community Storm Relief Effort at Linn County Public Health in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Volunteer Shannon Sterling of Cedar Falls, Iowa, cuts limbs from a tree along Second st. SW during a Community Storm Relief Effort location in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Sterling and her husband Andrew volunteered to help cleanup. Andrew's employer John Deere matches volunteer hours with donations. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Work continues on tee and debris removal, some fallen on houses and other structures, along Second St. SW in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Volunteer Shane Hatch of Center Point, Iowa, pulls on a cut tree limb along Second st. SW during a Community Storm Relief Effort location in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Volunteer Shane Hatch of Center Point, Iowa, cuts limbs from a tree along Second st. SW during a Community Storm Relief Effort location in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Volunteer Andrew Sterling of Cedar Falls, Iowa, cuts limbs from a tree along Second st. SW during a Community Storm Relief Effort location in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Sterling and his wife Shannon volunteered to help cleanup. Andrew's employer John Deere matches volunteer hours with donations. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Volunteer Shane Hatch of Center Point, Iowa, cuts limbs from a tree along Second st. SW during a Community Storm Relief Effort location in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Volunteer Shane Hatch of Center Point, Iowa, cuts limbs from a tree along Second st. SW during a Community Storm Relief Effort location in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Volunteers working with Community Storm Relief Effort clean up storm debris and fallen trees along Second St. SW in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. The effort is a clearinghouse where volunteers meet and are given assignments collected from residents in need. Supplies such as water, snacks, flashlights and batteries, diapers and other hygiene supplies are distributed, residents can obtain information on assistance. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Jayson (cq) Cook (left) owner of Just Maybe LLC sections a downed tree with Mike Willits as cleanup continues at the Eastern Iowa Hindu Temple, 1700 Naoma Dr SW, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. According to Krishna Iyer, the temple sustained damage to a corner of the roof and also had water damage during Monday's derecho. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Krishna Iyer wheels a barrow full of logs as cleanup continues at the Eastern Iowa Hindu Temple, 1700 Naoma Dr SW, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. According to Krishna Iyer, the temple sustained damage to a corner of the roof and also had water damage during Monday's derecho. Iyer says that the temple is home to 300-350 stable families and close to 1,000 people attend from the area. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sekhar Mahadevan carries a cutup tree section as cleanup continues at the Eastern Iowa Hindu Temple, 1700 Naoma Dr SW, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. According to Krishna Iyer, the temple sustained damage to a corner of the roof and also had water damage during Monday's derecho. Krishna Iyer says that the temple is home to 300-350 stable families and close to 1,000 people attend from the area. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Ketan Puranik piles branches as cleanup continues at the Eastern Iowa Hindu Temple, 1700 Naoma Dr SW, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. According to Krishna Iyer, the temple sustained damage to a corner of the roof and also had water damage during Monday's derecho. Krishna Iyer says that the temple is home to 300-350 stable families and close to 1,000 people attend from the area. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Chris Noble of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, charges all of his devices and uses the free wifi internet connection to find disaster recovery information at the U.S. Cellular Center in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. This is the first day the arena was open for residents to come in and charge their mobile phones and other devices as well as use the internet. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Chris Noble of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, charges all of his devices and uses the free wifi internet connection to find disaster recovery information at the U.S. Cellular Center in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. This is the first day the arena was open for residents to come in and charge their mobile phones and other devices as well as use the internet. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Members of Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard pull on a downed utility line as a technician with. Alliant Energy cuts the utility pole as work continues on debris removal along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A vehicle from Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard moves a damaged utility pole as work continues on debris removal along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A vehicle from Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard moves a damaged utility pole as work continues on debris removal along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sgt. Chris Peterson of Dyersville, Iowa, with the Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard uses a chainsaw to cut limbs off a downed tree as cleanup continues along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sgt. Chris Peterson of Dyersville, Iowa, with the Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard uses a chainsaw to cut limbs off a downed tree as cleanup continues along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Staff Sgt. Steven Russell of Ankeny, Iowa, with the Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard uses a chainsaw to cut limbs off a downed tree as cleanup continues along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sgt. Chris Peterson of Dyersville, Iowa, with the Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard uses a chainsaw to cut limbs off a downed tree as cleanup continues along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sgt. Chris Peterson (left) of Dyersville, Iowa, and Staff Sgt. Steven Russell of Ankeny, Iowa, with the Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard use chainsaws to cut limbs off a downed tree as cleanup continues along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Spc. Lucas Burtlow of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, with the Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard carries a cut tree limb as cleanup continues along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Members of Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard move a downed tree so it can be cut easier as cleanup continues along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sgt. Chris Peterson of Dyersville, Iowa, with the Alpha Co., 224th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the Iowa National Guard gives orders as cleanup continues along 30th St. SE in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. About 100 engineers with the Fairfield, Iowa, -based unit are assisting utility companies with debris removal so line work can progress as well as assisting with ice delivery to residents. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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