A few people around town are organizing a list of volunteers willing to help North Cedar flood victims. The exact needs are still being pulled together but include help with childcare, clean up, work at the distribution center, etc. It may also include donations.
If you are willing to help, please email us at sc@scgrahamfoto.com. Include […]

We have been getting many calls from those who saw significant flooding asking for advice about saving photographs that received water damage.
Sadly, there is no guarantee that your family photographs will be completely okay and show no signs of damage. However, there are a few steps that you can take that will help.

Remove any […]

This is brand new site, literally, I just heard about it on the news. A couple created it to connect volunteers with needs. It should be up and running fully by Saturday morning. Hopefully it will expand into recovery for all those involved in the eastern Iowa floods.
If you need help or want to help […]

Just a quick note for those who are wondering about the situation in Cedar Falls.
FEMA is in town and offering assistance. The river is falling but expected to crest again sometime this weekend at the old flood record, which may still threaten the area. We sat in on a city council meeting tonight and steps […]

I was just talking to Shannon’s cousin who is holding out (and dry) in North Cedar and he mentioned that WHO-TV has some great aerial footage from today in the area.
This link… (opens in Internet Explorer only, so for Firefox users Right Click - Copy Location - Open IE - Paste the address) has some […]

I think everyone in Iowa is tired of throwing sandbags. One report I heard yesterday afternoon said that we had 1/2 million sandbags on the levy in Cedar Falls and I’m sure we’re far beyond that now.
The efforts of the city were amazing, there were so many people helping us save downtown and the rest […]

Here is some of the news we’ve been hearing from the area…much of this is word of mouth and personal experience and S&C will not stand behind the accuracy of any of it - just passing on information.
The current news in Cedar Falls is that the river is currently falling. It crested early this morning […]

Island Park (Center Street) is typically one of the first places to flood. However, it is a phenomenon to see the Boat House underwater up to the roof. This was Tuesday morning.

Across the street from the Boat House, the Ice House Museum was completely surrounded by Tuesday morning.

Later Tuesday afternoon the beautiful sunset was a […]

Here is the first round of images from yesterday. There are many more to come as we have two of the laptops up and running now! Once we get the images posted I will attempt to recap as much news as we’ve received from the ground as possible. I know there has been a lot […]

This is the first time we’ve been able to get online since we tore down the studio yesterday at 11 am.
I’m going to attempt to get it all in before I lose the connection again.
In Cedar Falls all of the business owners downtown were told around 11 yesterday morning to secure our property and prepare […]