Indiana Flooding

This has been a year of floods. My brother and his family live in Iowa City, IA, and were hit by some pretty serious flooding -- although not as bad as Cedar Rapids, just up the river. Indiana also got hit by some wild flooding. While this post has nothing to do with fire, it does have something to do with satellite imagery.

The image pair below shows the before and after images of some flooding. Take a look and read the provided caption:
Acquisition Date: June 09, 2007 and June 12, 2008
Path: 22
Row: 32-34
Lat: 38.9
Long: -87.7

Thunderstorms on June 6 and 7, 2008, produced up to 10 inches of rain in
some areas of central and western Indiana. On June 9, President Bush
declared 29 Indiana counties a major disaster area. A record flood stage of
34 feet was expected at the city of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, located at the
confluence of the Wabash and White Rivers. On June 12 (right image), the
Wabash River, which separates Illinois to the east and Indiana to the west,
was beginning to reach its crest of 22 to 25 feet at the city of Vincennes,
Indiana. At several locations, the Wabash River swelled to over 4 miles
wide.