I appreciate the care... we are fine.
I was out and about this morning, and went by 86th and University then down Buffalo Road ( I don't know if it had Buffalo or someone by the name of Big Buffalo pooped there or..) but Walnut Creek looked like a small river as it went around the varous bends. Looks like the BP oil depot might have osme water over their levees if the rain doesn't stop.. But we had 1.76 inches since 1 am and another 0.59 yesterday and that is a lot of rain.
Several housing areas are in trouble .. Birdland down near where I went to high school ( and to teach next year).. North High.. the levee by the Old River View park .. Seems the water comes up via the river near Euclid and can proceed to fill on both sides of the levee which is interesting.
So.. we wait and see what happens. The waterworks folks tell us not to worry about losing our water. They did build a second water treatment plant at Dale Maffit lake in case.. but the water is only up 3 feet on their 14 foot levee around the plant.
Some more roads around town are also closed due to the water output of the Saylorville area.
However.. Eastern Iowa is also taking it in the chops as well.. Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Iowa City to mention a few are also having their headaches as I understand Dubuque.. Ithought I heard.
And to top all of this mess, we have the loss of life at the Boy Scout Camp in Weatern Iowa. 4 kids ages 13, and 14 in that terrible tornado. I hope none of the other injured kids do worse.. And to think the psychological effects on those kids who did make it..
Mom used to tell me two things most of the time when I thought the world was against me or that I had really screwed up so bad, it wouldn't get better. Rule 1 was if you think it bad, someone else has it worse. Rule 2 was refer to rule 1.
