How ya doin'?

Fabulous here!


But the weather and flooding has devastated much of the midwest, if that's what you're getting at. It's horrible.

Owww, there are floods? I missed out on that!

I already felt left out, sorry!

Dayum, sorry to hear about all the mayem.

CarrieMpls said:

Is it happening where you are too?! I hope not

So very sad.

HamsterHuey said:

Over half of the state of Iowa has been declared a disaster area due to flooding. Tornados have been rampaging through the midwest for the last few weeks as well, clearing towns in Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, probably more. It's been a heck of a few weeks for weather here. A significant portion of the country's farming is done in these states and this could severely impact the growing season here, all this in the midst of a world food shortage... It's going to be very significant.

CarrieMpls said:

Yep, it's what I meant. Hearing about leavees breaking or about to break, all over that part of the country. And not a peep in the Org, thought that was kind of odd. Hope those that are there are doing fine, which I guess so.

Glad to hear you're doing fab Carrie.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Nothing in the Twin Cities, but towns north of me have been impacted by tornados and southern Minnesota has been impacted by the flooding.

current conditions

from http://www.cnn.com/2008/U...index.html

Floodwaters surge over Midwest levees

(CNN) -- Water spilled over two levees on the Mississippi River on Wednesday, surging into west-central Illinois, covering fertile farmland and pushing residents from their homes, officials said.


Pigs seek refuge from the floods on top of a farm building near Oakville, Illinois, on Wednesday.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Mississippi Valley said water flowed over the top of one levee, but local officials had a different account, reporting that the levee -- near Meyer, Illinois -- breached in two places about 6:20 a.m., pouring water into Hancock and Adams counties.

"It's kind of a sad day," said Sheriff John Jefferson of Hancock County. "People put in a lot of manpower [to build up the levees] and all was lost."

The floodwaters will cover thousands of acres of farmland from Warsaw to Quincy -- about a 25-mile stretch of the river.

"There's a lot of wheat fields down here just about ready to be harvested, and they're going to lose all that," Jefferson said. "The corn crop, the bean crop that's up is all going to be lost. And the real work's going to come after the flood recedes. It'll take years to get this ground back into shape to farm it."

All residents in the area had been evacuated, Jefferson said. Watch why Illinois breach helps Iowa »

Another levee in Adams County was breached about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, said David Rudduck, spokesman for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

In Adams County alone, water from the breached levees flooded about 30,000 acres of farmland, according to Julie Shepard of Adams County Emergency Management Agency.

The levees are about 45 miles south of another levee that was breached Tuesday morning near the small village of Gulfport, Illinois, prompting about 400 people to leave their homes in Henderson County.

The water flooded acres of land, shut down a train station and ruined crops. Watch floodwaters surge through Gulfport »

Farmer Jim Olsen said his crop of beans and corn was ruined.

"It is not going to be a farm this year," he said, staring at his damaged land. "It is a total loss."

Near Oakville, Illinois, floodwaters covered about 21 square miles of corn and soybean fields, including Richard Siegle's farm.

All that was visible of the house Siegle built in 1972 was the roof and an American flag on a tall pole waving in the submerged front yard. On a nearby farm building, pigs clustered on the roof, eating whatever they could find that floated down the river.

"Who ever thought that we'd see water this deep here?" Siegle asked. "It's unreal."

"You don't know where to start," Siegle told CNN. "It just depends on what Mother Nature does, when the water goes out, whether they get the levee repaired. There's not any assurance that we'll get the levee repaired."

Authorities on Tuesday closed the Great River Bridge connecting Illinois to Iowa, according to the sheriff's office of Henderson County.

Across the Mississippi in Burlington, Iowa, water levels have "dropped a bit," but they may rise again later in the week, according to David Miller, administrator for the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division.

"The good news is the floodwater is receding in much of the state," Miller said. "The bad news is we're still in a flood fight."

He said officials are also monitoring flooding at Keokuk, a riverside town, where water levels are expected to crest by Thursday.

Levees elsewhere along the Mississippi were being topped with sandbags as the river -- fed by its flooded tributaries -- continued to rise.

In Clarksville, Missouri, five blocks were already under water, but National Guard members, inmates and students were sandbagging to save other parts of the historic artists' town, AP reported.


"We fix one thing and it breaks," Mayor Jo Anne Smiley told AP. "Sewers are plugged up. We have leaks in walls and people who need things. We're boating in food to people."

President Bush plans to visit Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday to see the flood-damaged regions, according to White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto.

There's a huge section of the interstate between Milwaukee and Madison that is closed (still) due to flooding - and may be closed for another week.

I'm just glad my commute takes me in the other direction.

It's okay. Cedar Rapids looks pretty gross right now but we've started to clean things up. I have a few co-workers that have lost their homes. My grandma has a lot of damage to her home. It has passed inspection to go back in for clean up but she won't be moving back in for a while if ever. We finally have most of our roads back open too.

This flood has really sucked the energy out of me. I'm very fortunate that my home and work was not in the flooding but I still feel completely helpless. The places that got hit were all neighborhoods that I grew up in. I have so many memories and now everything is gone. I know that we'll rebuild but what's to stop this from happening again? Never in my wildest dreams would I ever have believed the whole downtown of Cedar Rapids would be filled with water over 7 feet high.

I will be very happy when downtown Cedar Rapids smells like Crunch Berries again.

This was my thread that I posted on Friday.

http://prince.org/msg/100...ump=8&pg=1

i didn't get hit, but several family members had their basement flooded. one family member's basement flooded with sewage!

weather-wise, it's a lovely day where i am!

I'm so sorry for all you folks that have been hit. I hope things get better soon. The storms have pretty much petered out by the time they hit Detroit, but western and central Michigan has been hit pretty hard with rain and wind. A LOT of people have been without power for over a week.