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Photos: Iowa derecho cleanup on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020
Aug. 13, 2020 7:49 pm, Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 1:21 pm
Clean up continues after the Aug. 10, 2020, derecho in Cedar Rapids and surrounding Eastern Iowa communities.
A contractor removes tree debris from Third Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Residents watch as a contractor removes tree debris from Third Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
June Cook (left) hands a gallon of milk to Melody Mrstik (center) as she and Nick Brewer get food in front of the Cedar River Academy at Taylor Elementary in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. HACAP and Hy-Vee, in coordination with the City of Cedar Rapids, distributed food to people in a caravan of vehicles and some that walked up to the gathering. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
June Cook (left) hands a gallon of milk to Melody Mrstik (center) as she and Nick Brewer get food in front of the Cedar River Academy at Taylor Elementary in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. HACAP and Hy-Vee, in coordination with the City of Cedar Rapids, distributed food to people in a caravan of vehicles and some that walked up to the gathering. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Manager of visitor services Jerry Campbell, left of center, tells avolunteer group to take a break for water after working to clear tree debris from an area in front of the Brucemore mansion in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. The young men were all University of Northern Iowa rugby players who were volunteering with Green Iowa AmeriCorps having heard about the need for help. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A sign warns workers to keep away from the mansion as material falls from the roof at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
People drive through a HACAP and Hy-Vee, in coordination with the City of Cedar Rapids, distributes food to people in a caravan of vehicles in front of the Cedar River Academy at Taylor Elementary in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Michelle Kline (right) gets bags of apples and oranges to give to people in need as her daughter Lexi, 12, keeps track of the number of people being given food in front of the Cedar River Academy at Taylor Elementary in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. HACAP and Hy-Vee, in coordination with the City of Cedar Rapids, distributed food to people in a caravan of vehicles and some that walked up to the gathering. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A Cedar Rapids fire engine passes by Alliant Energy trucks working on power lines along 18th Street SW in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids city vehicles travel along 10th St. SW as they move debris from downed trees in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A vehicle sits under a downed tree along With St. SW in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Jeff McQuiston grills a variety of meats hoping none of the food from his freezer goes to waste as he works to try and feed his neighbors or anyone else that comes by in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Jeff McQuiston returns to his driveway after offering fresh-off-the-grill sandwiches to City of Cedar Rapids workers cleaning up his street in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Jeff McQuiston cooks on his grill in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Cathy Hafsi stands on her front porch looking out at the damage in her front yard in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Hafsi has cerebral palsy and cares for a housemate who also has cerebral palsy. Both of them, especially Hafsi's housemate, rely on power chairs, to get around and have struggled to keep them charged without power after Monday's derecho storm ravaged Eastern Iowa. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Cathy Hafsi stands on her front porch looking out at the damage in her front yard in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Hafsi has cerebral palsy and cares for a housemate who also has cerebral palsy. Both of them, especially Hafsi's housemate, rely on power chairs, to get around and have struggled to keep them charged without power after Monday's derecho storm ravaged Eastern Iowa. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Hearts representing care workers Cathy Hafsi knows and has been thankful for especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic are seen in her window in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A vehicle sits under a downed tree along With St. SW in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Crews pick up debris from a downed tree near Sixth St. SW near the Cedar River Academy at Taylor Elementary in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A contractor removes tree debris from Third Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
The Chestnut family sits in the backyard, which is covered by fallen tree limbs, in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Corey Chestnut holds daughter Magnolia, 5, Dee Chesnut holds two-day-old daughter Maple, and Willow, 2, sits nearby. The family had planned for a home birth as a precaution due to coronavirus concerns, and Maple was born at home on Tuesday after Dee began labor on Monday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Dee Chestnut holds her daughter Maple in the Chestnut's back yard in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. The family had planned for a home birth as a precaution due to coronavirus concerns, and Maple was born at home on Tuesday after Dee began labor on Monday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
From left, finance director Casey Drew, public works director Jen Winter and fire chief and incident commander Greg Smith confer in the Incident Command center at the Central Fire Station in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
City engineer Nathan Kampman makes a phone call in the Incident Command center at the Central Fire Station in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Operations chief Brian Gibson describes functions of the Incident Command center at the Central Fire Station in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Wayne Jerman (left) and Mayor Brad Hart confer with Maria Johnson, Communications Division Manager, and Greg Buelow, public safety communications coordinator, in the Incident Command center in advance of a press conference at the Central Fire Station in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Matt Myers, city traffic engineer, talks with public works director Jen Winter in the Incident Command center at the Central Fire Station in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Fire chief and incident commander Greg Smith works in the Incident Command center at the Central Fire Station in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Police officer Anne Deutmeyer works to acquire a generator as part of the logistics team in the Incident Command center at the Central Fire Station in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Fre Chief and incident commander Greg Smith checks in with the logistics team in the Incident Command center at the Central Fire Station in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
The Brucemore mansion is seen from down the roadway surrounded by downed trees and debris in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A greenhouse is seen having sustained significant damage at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
The 1912 green house is seen with a fallen tree leaning on it's roof at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Broken windows and a leaning wall are seen on the breakfast porch of the Brucemore mansion in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A crew of maintenance workers return to the main grounds after spending time cleaning up their trees that fell into a neighbor's yard at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A sign asks any interested guests to keep out of the property as the Brucemore staff works to make the property safe for workers and eventually for the public in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A twisted tree is seen at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
One of many fruit trees in the orchard is seen uprooted at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
The 1912 carriage house is seen at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Twisted and mangled limbs of a tree reach for the sky at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A deer visits a pond in the wooded area at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Workers take a break at one of their garages at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
From left: Carson Lang, 15, Zack Pisney, 15, and Isaac White, 14, with the Boys Scouts of America's Venture Crew 2000 right a fallen apple tree at Allen's Orchard in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Members of Venture Crew 2000 stacked up over 400 apple trees in an effort to save some of them for future seasons. Chris Gensicke, owner of Allen's Orchards, said that he lost about 800 trees of the 3,200 trees at the orchard during Monday's storm. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Carson Lang (left), 15, ties off an apple tree to a stake as Zack Pisney (second from left), 15, Isaac White (second from right), 14, and Aaron Loecke, 14, with the Boys Scouts of America's Venture Crew 2000 steady the tree at Allen's Orchard in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Members of Venture Crew 2000 stacked up over 400 apple trees in an effort to save some of them for future seasons. Chris Gensicke, owner of Allen's Orchards, said that he lost about 800 trees of the 3,200 trees at the orchard during Monday's storm. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
From left: Carson Lang, 15, Aaron Loecke, 14, Zack Pisney, 15, and Isaac White, 14, with the Boys Scouts of America's Venture Crew 2000 right a fallen apple tree before tying it to a stake at Allen's Orchard in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Members of Venture Crew 2000 stacked up over 400 apple trees in an effort to save some of them for future seasons. Chris Gensicke, owner of Allen's Orchards, said that he lost about 800 trees of the 3,200 trees at the orchard during Monday's storm. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Apples are seen on a tree before members with the Boys Scouts of America's Venture Crew 2000 right a fallen apple tree at Allen's Orchard in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Members of Venture Crew 2000 stacked up over 400 apple trees in an effort to save some of them for future seasons. Chris Gensicke, owner of Allen's Orchards, said that he lost about 800 trees of the 3,200 trees at the orchard during Monday's storm. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A message written on a driveway in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A crane is used to lift a tree that fell on the house of Jim and Julie Ottaway in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. The couple moved into the house in 1999. Julie said the tree was already there when they moved in. The house was built in 1954. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Friends and neighbors watch as a crane is used to lift a tree that fell on the house of Jim and Julie Ottaway in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. The couple moved into the house in 1999. Julie said the tree was already there when they moved in. The house was built in 1954. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Marion city crews cleanup debris from downed trees at the corner of 12th Avenue and Northview Drive in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Workers fix damage to the roof of The Granger House following a severe storm in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Bricks are seen on the roof of the front porch of The Granger House following a severe storm in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Workers fix damage to the roof of The Granger House following a severe storm in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Workers with The Shade Tree Service Company clear a tree from around a downed power line along 19th St. in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. The Fenton, Missouri,-based company is a contractor for Alliant Energy. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Carson Lang (left) , 15, softens the ground surrounding a downed apple tree with water as Aaron Loecke (center), 14, and Isaac White, 14, with the Boys Scouts of America's Venture Crew 2000 prepare to right the tree before tying it to a stake at Allen's Orchard in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Members of Venture Crew 2000 stacked up over 400 apple trees in an effort to save some of them for future seasons. Chris Gensicke, owner of Allen's Orchards, said that he lost about 800 trees of the 3,200 trees at the orchard during Monday's storm. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Carson Lang, 15, and other members of the Boys Scouts of America's Venture Crew 2000 right a fallen apple tree before tying it to a stake at Allen's Orchard in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Members of Venture Crew 2000 stacked up over 400 apple trees in an effort to save some of them for future seasons. Chris Gensicke, owner of Allen's Orchards, said that he lost about 800 trees of the 3,200 trees at the orchard during Monday's storm. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A tree lays on a house along 11th St. as debris is piled near the road in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sheila Speral put. White flag of surrender in front of her house along 11th St. as debris is piled near the road in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sheila Speral put. White flag of surrender in front of her house along 11th St. as debris is piled near the road in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Letters spelling Marion are missing from the side of Marion High School in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Bleachers for the softball diamond are bent and overturned at Marion High School in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Damage to a second floor unit at the Grand View Apartments in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Damage to a second floor units at the Grand View Apartments in Marion, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Alliant Energy utility workers work on power lines in the 300 block of Forest Drive SE in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Crews work to collect debris moved to the edge of the street by residents on the 1700 block of 13th Ave. SW in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A sign on the door from owners states that Jake & Amy's Kingston Pub will repair the roof and will return to business in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A 2015 Chevrolet Trax sits on the end of the lot at 1st Ave. Auto seeming to have narrowly avoided damage in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A building at 725 1st Avenue SW is seen marked with a do not enter sign by City of Cedar Rapids officials after storm damage in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
An industrial building is seen with severe damage along 1st Avenue on the northwest side in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A cyclist rides by a downed tree on 30th Street SE near Bever Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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