in rock valley, police chief monty warburton had his team alongside an array of firefighters and other first responders waded through chest deep water and a dangerous current to carry children on their shoulders to safety. so many volunteers showed up from surrounding communities with their equipment that the resident effectually refer to them as the farmer army. it's hard to imagine anything more iowans. and i can tell you, that army shows up every time disaster strikes. we saw in greenfield after an e f4 tornado damaged numerous homes and claimed four precious lives. just two months later enough debris had been cleared that the city was able to host almost 20,000 rag bright cyclist who donated more than $50,000 to help with recovery. even younger iowans got involved ten-year-old quinn swart took it on her cell to create bracelets and keychains raising $8000 for flood victims. as she put it, i heard what some of my friends were going through and i wanted to find a way to make them smile. when, we're all smiling now. we're joined tonight by some of the volunteers, state employees, emer