Daniel Marino

Iowa Under Water

Living in New Hampshire, when I hear about catastrophes like the Midwest being flooded, I don’t really give it too much thought. I’m sorry if that makes me sound like a bad person, but it’s not done intentionally. Typically, when something doesn’t affect you, you forget about it.

I do a lot of work for Markup Factory on a monthly basis. They operate out of Iowa City, which I knew, but didn’t put two and two together until a couple of days ago. Iowa City, along with many other cities in the Midwest is currently under several feet of water.

Josh Cramer, who runs Markup Factory, among other companies, is currently on the front lines sandbagging and helping people evacuate. He’s also taken it upon himself to start a Flood Blog called Iowa Under Water. He started the blog to keep everyone up to date on the happenings in Iowa City and Coralville, IA during the floods. Since the sites launch yesterday, it has had several visitors and has even been acknowledged on the radio.

I wanted to post this to help raise awareness of what’s actually happening in the Midwest. My thoughts and prayers are with Josh and his team, along with all the flood victims in the Midwest.