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	<description>A list of photography and images from the U.S. Geological Survey's Multimedia Gallery (http://gallery.usgs.gov).</description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[USGS Employees Building Replacement Streamgage]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Building replacement stream gage]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/122</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sandbags at Gas Station, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Sand bagged gas station near 16th Ave. SW and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/16</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sandbags at Gas Station, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Sand bagged gas station near 16th Ave. SW and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/17</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[USGS Employees Deploying Boat, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS Employees getting ready to deploy a boat in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/18</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[USGS Employees Deploying Boat, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS Employees getting ready to deploy a boat in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/19</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded house near 16th Ave. SW and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/20</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[USGS Employees Deploying Boat, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS employees deploying boat in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/21</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Building in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/22</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding neighborhood near 16th Ave. SW and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/23</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Employees In Route to Streamgage, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS Employees getting ready to head to flooded streamgage near 13th street and J Ave.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/24</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/25</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded houses near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/26</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/27</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/123</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/124</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/125</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[USGS Employees in Boat]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS employees returning from a trip to a stream gage near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/126</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Temporary Streamgage Installation, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS employees installing a temporary stream gage in a neighborhood near 13th Ave. and J Street,]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/127</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/128</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/129</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Temporary Streamgage Installation, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS employees installing a temporary stream gage near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Temporary Streamgage Installation, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS employees installing a temporary stream gage near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Temporary Streamgage Installation, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS employees installing a temporary stream gage near 13th Ave. and J Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 12th Ave. and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <description><![CDATA[Bobcat driving down 12th Ave. near M Street]]></description>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Saving Valuable Possessions, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Homeowners trying to save furniture at 12th Ave. near M Street]]></description>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 12th Ave. near M Street]]></description>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded 12th Ave near M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Safety Signal, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[White towel on doorknob indicating that the family has safely moved from the house near 12th Ave. and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 12th Ave. and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/30</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Army National Guard, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Army National Guard assisting with the flood near 12th Ave. and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/31</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street near 12th Ave and M Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/32</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooded Neighborhood, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded neighborhood near 12th Ave and 4th Street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/33</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooded Neighborhood]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded neighborhood near Wilson Ave. SW and Hamilton Street SW]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/34</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sandbag Piling, Coralville, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Front end loader shuttling sand bags]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/35</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Coralville, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded Sonic Restaurant]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/36</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Coralville, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding downtown]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/37</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Coralville, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded vehicles]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/38</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Rescued Flood Victims, Coralville, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Rescuing flood victims]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/39</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Rescued Flood Victims, Coralville, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Rescuing flood victims]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/40</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Coralville, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooded street]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/41</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Rescued Flood Victims, Coralville, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Rescuing victims]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/137</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Rescued Flood Victims, Coralville, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Rescuing victims]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/138</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Rescued Cat]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Rescued cat]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/139</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding downtown near 1st Street and A Ave.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/140</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding downtown near 1st Street and A Ave.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/141</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding downtown near 1st Street and A Ave.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/142</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding downtown near 1st Street and A Ave.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/143</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding downtown near 1st Street and A Ave.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/144</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding downtown]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/145</link>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding downtown]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/146</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Flooding downtown]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/147</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Satellite Imagery of Indiana, June 2007]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Satellite imagery of Indiana on June 9, 2007 before the floods in the midwest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/120</link>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Satellite Imagery of Indiana, June 11, 2008]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Satellite imagery of Indiana on June 11, 2008 after the floods in the midwest.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/121</link>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Railroad Bridge Collapse, Waterloo, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Un-used railroad bridge that collapsed, part of which is being washed downstream]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sandbags in Waterloo, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Sandbags piled up at the end of a major roadway]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/4</link>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Waterloo, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Downtown]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/5</link>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Waterloo, IA]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Downtown]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/6</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Piling Sandbags]]></title>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Waterloo, IA]]></title>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Seawall Blocking Flood Waters]]></title>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Working on Streamgage]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS personnel working at a &quot;century&quot; streamgage constructed in 1913]]></description>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[River Monitoring, Cedar Rapids, IA]]></title>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sandbags In Route]]></title>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <description><![CDATA[USGS personnel monitoring river in Cedar Rapids, IA. The day after this picture was taken, the railroad bridge and train in the background were washed away by the floodwater]]></description>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Local Neighborhood]]></title>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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		  <title><![CDATA[Flooding in Finchfield, IA]]></title>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Local residents canoing through a neighborhood]]></title>
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		  	becker - at - usgs.gov (Don Becker)
				
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