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Iowa City Flood Flood Images Flood, June 17, 2008 jpeg Still image Photographs https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ Kenneth Schumacher and Chuck Swanson interview about the Midwest floods of June 2008, Iowa City, Iowa, October 1, 2008 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Floods">Floods</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Schumacher%2C+Kenneth">Schumacher, Kenneth</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States+--+Iowa+--+Iowa+City">United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2000-2010">2000-2010</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Evacuations">Evacuations</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Disaster+relief">Disaster relief</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Swanson%2C+Chuck">Swanson, Chuck</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States+--+Iowa+--+Iowa+River">United States -- Iowa -- Iowa River</a> Interview with employee and supervisor Kenneth Schumacher (59) of Manning, Iowa and Chuck Swanson (55) of Cherokee, Iowa. Chuck Swanson (age 55) talks to his employee, Ken Schumacher (age 59) about the Iowa flood of 2008 and its effect on Hancher, a performing arts space in Iowa City where both Chuck and Ken work. Chuck remembers being told about the flood. Rescheduling and moving. "Ceasing normal operations." Canceling a performance, getting a dance group to the airport (00:01:14) -- Chuck and Ken remember Friday morning before the flood. Getting locked out of the building by the police (00:07:00) -- Next week, being told to stay away from offices. Beautiful weather during flood. Staff met up during days of flood. Getting news of a big donation. Calls from artists and people all over the country. People wanting to help but nothing they could do (00:09:50) -- Ken talks about difference of being flooded out of theater versus an office. Watching the water rise. Eerie quiet (00:13:21) -- Chuck talks about getting a call from supporter about Hancher being on the news - press had approval to get tour of Hancher. Chuck went in before any of clean-up. Stench, darkness (00:17:16) -- Clean-up process. 180 or 200 people inside cleaning. BMS clean-up service. Supervisor who had been through other catastrophes was truly impressed by Iowa clean-up response (00:19:35) -- Lisa from the box office - rash from the flood water. Danger of contaminated water (00:21:30) -- Stage curtain - extremely damaged (00:22:49) -- All instincts were wrong (00:23:29) -- Chuck remembers getting artwork out of Hancher. Carrying out the portrait of Virgil Hancher (00:23:59) -- Ken - concerns about getting everything restored for opening night (00:27:00) -- Chuck on finishing up the season in different spaces. Frustration about not knowing when they will be back in (00:28:30) -- Chuck talks about the year before the flood - of brining Joffrey ballet on a huge tour. Various artists - events of quality and stature. 35-year anniversary such a contrast to being flooded out (00:31:20) -- Ken talks about dealing with companies and breaking the news that the performance will not be at Hancher. Making adjustments (00:33:41) -- Chuck on role of Hancher in Eastern Iowa community. Hancher as a recruitment tool (00:35:55) -- Worries about employees coming back or not (00:39:00) -- Ken is Production Manager, Chuck is the Executive Director. Each give a brief description of what they do (00:41:00) -- Hopes for the re-opening of Hancher (00:42:00) Schumacher, Kenneth; Swanson, Chuck StoryCorps (Project); University of Iowa. Libraries. Digital Research & Publishing 2008-10-01 2008-10-01 Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution of this digital object is not permitted without written permission of the copyright holder. Iowa City Flood Flood Oral Histories mpeg 00:43:22 English Sound Oral histories (Document genres) DDA000502.mp3 https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ John Scott and Steve McGuire interview about the Midwest floods of June 2008, Iowa City, Iowa, October 1, 2008 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Floods">Floods</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Scott%2C+John+Beldon%2C+1946-">Scott, John Beldon, 1946-</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States+--+Iowa+--+Iowa+City">United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2000-2010">2000-2010</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Evacuations">Evacuations</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Disaster+relief">Disaster relief</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=McGuire%2C+Steve">McGuire, Steve</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States+--+Iowa+--+Iowa+River">United States -- Iowa -- Iowa River</a> Interview with friends and coworkers John Beldon Scott (62) of Scottsburg, Indiana and Steve McGuire (50) of Lawrence, Kansas. John (age 62) and Steve (age 50) talk about the flood of the Iowa River in June 2008. They are both art professors who lost their offices, and Steve’s home was also flooded. Both faculty at School of Art and Art History (00:00:53) -- First signs of trouble - truck full of sand near his house. Thought it wasn't a big deal - planning a bike trip from Canada to Mexico (00:01:48) -- Son with Cerebral Palsy, concerned about getting him out. Lives in "Mosquito Flats" - idea to build a levee around the area. People flooded in to help. Having sandbags shipped from Oregon. More laid in Iowa 2008 than in Katrina (00:04:01) -- Decided he couldn't go on the trip. Walked over the levee at night when he couldn't sleep. Steve Miller, City Engineer - "I thought we had it." Had to evacuate in thirty minutes. Threw everything in a pickup truck. Pulling vehicles out of the mud (00:07:30) -- John - summer director of School of Art. Just moved into a new building. Disbelief that a disaster could occur. Had to prepare for 3.5 feet. Moved to temporary offices. Meetings every day (00:12:05) -- Thursday, June 12 - removing valuables - slide collection. Worth several million dollars. 6 a.m. call - the building would be closed before they could move it. Gave them twenty minutes. People came from everywhere to help (00:15:30) -- Water - goes everywhere, ruins everything (00:20:40) -- Steve - allowed back into his house eleven days later - did the cleanup themselves. Snuck back in on June 13 to see the neighborhood - swift current. Couldn't get to the spare key - human feces in the water. Finally got the key, got some belongings, got in his canoe. Swept away by the current, bounced against houses. Got a tetanus shot - hard to come by at that time (00:22:25) -- Rethinking the river. The river has the "final say," hard to grasp the whole picture - the river was everywhere (00:29:50) -- Understanding of the city and University has changed. Respect for city bureaucracy. University hasn't tried to assign blame, only wants to move forward positively (00:34:10) -- Steve - feels better about people. Flood taught him to just keep on going, no regrets (00:37:30) -- What is the Art School's place on campus? The importance of campus culture and community (00:39:50) Scott, John Beldon, 1946-; McGuire, Steve StoryCorps (Project); University of Iowa. Libraries. Digital Research & Publishing 2008-10-01 2008-10-01 Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution of this digital object is not permitted without written permission of the copyright holder. Iowa City Flood Flood Oral Histories mpeg 00:41:24 English Sound Oral histories (Document genres) DDA000505.mp3 https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/