This weather has been ridiculous. My count is 4 days of tornadoes this week, and 3 days of flooding. Another flood warning tonight... If Al Gore doesn't accept Obama's VP spot as environmental czar, it is official, Al Gore is a greedy pussy pig.
Talk about ridiculous! It rained here for about 15 minutes one day last week and I don't remember that last time it rained before that. And it's only broken 100 degrees a few times this year, which is downright amazing. Can't stand all this cold!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Moo2K4 @ Jun 12 2008, 09:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Where are you BG7? Are you seeing record flooding like we are here in Iowa?</div> Wisconsin. Where I live, it doesn't seem that bad, but I also live away from the river and lake, in a suburban/rural in between area.. A few roads were flooded, but that's it from what I saw. But I haven't been downtown (by where the river is) recently. Although 31 counties here are in a "state of emergency", and there is record flooding in other parts of the state. Here are some videos from it. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RuezygBWlyM&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RuezygBWlyM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9aszr-vNao4&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9aszr-vNao4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Here is my city: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/npO7kII0OaE&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/npO7kII0OaE&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jEkBm04b14E&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jEkBm04b14E&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> It looks like only the park got flooded, and a little spillage into the streets nearby. The park is basically a bowl, so that is why the water all got trapped there, which is pretty good in the long run I guess. The area where I go running, there might be flooding over there...I can't remember if that river to the right was always there or not. Here's a video of one of our tornadoes from this past week. Not as bad as the one in Illinois though. I think we have a flood warning out right now that is active until 1 AM.
So, more updates, oh boy. The storming is finally subsiding, finally. It looks like we might get a break for a day or two as well, but it's gonna rain again on Saturday. Thankfully, the river in Cedar Rapids is supposed to crest Friday morning at some point. However, it's way higher than the 24ft that was initially predicted. It's going to crest at about 33ft, and right now, it's at about 29.5ft. Totally nuts. Iowa City is going to be cresting sometime next week, I believe Tuesday. They've evacuated half the city, with more to come in all likelihood. They're at like, 24+ft last I knew, with cresting supposed to be at 33ft but could get as high as 38ft. Speaking of evacuations, Palo has been 100% evacuated, a huge amount of Cedar Rapids has been evacuated, a huge amount of Iowa City has been evacuated, they've evacuated a lot of Waterloo, though they're going to be able to return here soon, Cresco is having voluntary evacuations, though if the levee breaks there it'll be mandatory - and these are just the ones that are in my general area. This is really excluding all of western Iowa. Also, from my understanding, 80 of 99 counties in Iowa have been declared disaster sites because of either this flood or earlier weather related disasters. I believe FEMA is coming to Cedar Rapids on Friday to get it declared a national disaster site, that way that asshole in office can give us some financial help, because it's going to take a lot to repair the city. I've heard talks about bulldozing the downtown area of Cedar Rapids and starting over, which would be just horrific. To add insult to injury, they've also had to evacuate a freaking hospital. Mercy Hospital is getting evacuated as I post this. They're moving a lot of patients to St. Lukes, which I personally think would be more affected by this, but I could be wrong. As it is, that hospital is currently running on a generator and is only going to be able to go for about 6 or 7 days before it runs out. Also, Cedar Rapids is down to 25% of water capacity, so you basically can't do laundry, can't do dishes, can't shower, nothing. They're asking that you use it only for drinking purposes, which is crazy. To say this least, this has been an absolute disaster. I've never seen anything like this, and it's only getting worse.
Thats too bad man, hopefully things start getting better in a few days. Just hang on and keep your spirit up.
Dude, it's so difficult to keep your spirits up in something like this. I know we as a state will make it through this, but it's just rough. It has yet to get better, it just keeps getting worse and worse. And even when the flooding itself is over, it could take months for all the water to subside, and possibly years for everything back to semi-normality. It really just blows my mind to see this happening, it really does. If any of you guys have a chance, take a look at the link I put on the first page and look at some of the pictures and vids. While words can paint a decent picture, a picture or video can do a lot more.
Moo, I don't know if you actually read my post to you before, but there is a cold front brewing tonight that will spark mid-western storms for the next couple of days. No good all around for both of us. Keep safe and patient. Summer is around the corner and that means heat and humidity, but not so many horrid weather disasters.
Yea, I've heard we'll be getting more storms on Sunday. Definitely not good. Yea, there's not much else I can do but be patient. It looks like it'll be getting better next week though. It's supposed to be sunny and no rain in the forecast.
