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Cedar Rapids, Friday We've gotten a few emails over the past week asking about the floods here in Iowa.  Suffice it to say, all of the BHGP founding fathers are fine, and our homes are dry (save for a little water in the basement of the HS compound).  We're lucky, though.  I drove through Cedar Rapids this weekend, and the damage is simply indescribable.  The Cedar ... [link]

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Bloggers Know: The 2009 Big Ten Football Race
Published 6/16/2008 by Jason at Eleven Warriors
... Iowa is starting to recover from the devastating flooding of last week, but help is still needed in the area. I’m embarrassed to admit that I had underestimated the scope of the issue until reading about it at BHGP. The ...

Bloggers Know: The 2008 Big Ten Football Race
Published 6/16/2008 by Jason at Eleven Warriors
... Iowa is starting to recover from the devastating flooding of last week, but help is still needed in the area. I’m embarrassed to admit that I had underestimated the scope of the issue until reading about it at BHGP. The ...

"I'd Throw You A Lifevest, But My Lawyers Won't Let Me"
Published 6/17/2008 by PB @ BON at Burnt Orange Nation: Front Page Posts
... With entire cities under water, billions of dollars in damage, and a frightening number of injuries and deaths, the recent flooding has been devastating. Though the BHGP crew has been spared any personal loss thus far, their concern for their fellow Hawkeye state citizens led them to post this story on the flood and how people can assist those in need. ...

The Des Moines Register Hates Flood Victims
Published 6/17/2008 by Brian Cook at FanHouse
... On Sunday, Iowa blog Black Heart Gold Pants posted some stunning pictures and video of the floods currently ravaging Iowa and provided some links for anyone who wished to donate to disaster relief efforts. The next day they ...

The Des Moines Register Is Finally Understanding The Interweb [Odd Flood Relief Measures]
Published 6/17/2008 by Will Leitch at Deadspin
... in a 5-4 win over Nashville. The flooding has killed five, displaced thousands from their homes and caused millions of dollars in damage. Therefore, Black Heart Gold Pants, an Iowa football blog, posted a video the Des Moines Register had shot with flood footage, and encouraged readers to ...

Friday Notes: DeVries Surveys Tornado Damage
Published 6/20/2008 by Sean Yuille at Pride Of Detroit: Front Page Posts
... WhatIfSports had Detroit going on nothing but winning and losing streaks. Lions defensive end Jared DeVries recently returned to his hometown in Iowa to witness the destruction caused by a tornado that happened at the end of last month.  The weather in Iowa lately has been absolutely horrific as there is so much flooding going on.  It literally has put the University of Iowa's campus under water.  SB Nation's Iowa blog, Black Heart Gold Pants, has more. Kevin Jones believes he is ready to play.  He was originally ...

Asshole Of The Week: The Des Moines Register's Kathy Hickman
Published 6/20/2008 by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
... that's not what this post is about. While I feel sorry for all those who've lost everything due to the storms, we're here today to crown an Asshole Of The Week, and I'm just not sure Mother Nature qualifies. Besides, Mother Nature is more of a bitch than an asshole. She's not really trying to hurt you, it's just her disposition. Anyway, on Sunday of this week, Adam Jacobi (whom I work with over at FanHouse) of Black Heart Gold Pants, a fantastically brilliant Iowa Hawkeyes blog, wrote a post about the floods in Iowa and the damage they caused. In the post he also included ...

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