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A fake shark's fin, set afloat by a local businessman who's store basement was flooding, drifts along a flooded Front Street as Burlington city employees discuss sand bagging efforts Monday in Burlington, Iowa. You write the cutline.

Top Cutlines

1. Boats rescued shopkeepers, doctors, and teachers, but the city's lawyers were able to just swim to safety -- Family Phil.
2. The locals were stunned, the flood waters hadn't started receding yet and the politicians were already showing up -- Cabbage Boy.
3. There's a joke in there somewhere about how many city employees it takes to officially declare a flood, but as a fellow government worker I'm going to keep my mouth shut -- StacyL.

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