If any community can share with Marshalltown the sense of déjà vu over getting hit by another natural, it’s Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids city leaders spoke publicly for the first time Thursday since the derecho slammed the eastern Iowa town.  City Manager Jeff Pomeranz says he’s already been asked how this disaster compares to the major floods they’ve battled in recent years and he says this week’s storm is worse than the floods.

Governor Kim Reynolds is visiting Cedar Rapids today and late Thursday said the National Guard is being sent there to help.