We are flooding here in the Midwest! The National Guard

[Hardrada]

will have to help us with sandbags and.......oh wait!!

[NancyBreen]

1. My thoughts are with you guys

Please be safe. Tornadoes 10 miles from Chicago, floods in Ohio and violent storms in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Great Lakes Area. How much money is the insurance industry going to withhold because Acts of God aren't covered? How much Government Financial Support isn't there to help folks get their lives back? If we can't rebuild New Orleans how can we help all the latest disaster victims? Good vibes to you all.:loveya:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. it just passed by.

some very old, tall, thick trees were bent over in 70+mph winds that made my dogs, well nervous. rough stuff, I must say.

[girl gone mad]

16. Chicago was a mess today..

I went to Lincoln park zoo and when I came out an hour later, there were trees and large branches down all over the place. It looked like a tornado had hit, but the weather man said it was just straight line wind.

[NancyBreen]

29. Clark and Webster is my old neighborhood

so when MSNBC said the Historical Society Building windows blew out I was shocked the high winds had gotten that far north. I'm glad you are safe and thanks for the update.

[aquart]

2. Good luck.

This is just the beginning.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

19. damn

stop expressing my disenchantment before I get a chance... sheesh, the nerve

best wishes for the best possible outcome Hardrada :hug:

[Hardrada]

20. Thanks. We will probably have to round up the Boy Scouts,

the Luther Leaguers, the local DAR members and so on to go down by the Mississippi to put up the sandbags. There is a bit of time in which to get ready because all the Upper Midwest rain has not made it down our way so far. Our local streams will rise but if the rain quits soon we might be all right there.

:hi:

[malaise]

3. Take care and stay safe

I watched a report on BBC and was beyond shocked at the mud slides in Wisconsin.

[Hardrada]

11. After another day, it should quit raining.

We have a flood watch but not a warning so we'll probably be OK. A lot of problems all around us though.

[sarcasmo]

4. They had to call the coast guard in to help Findlay, Ohio.

[porphyrian]

6. Well, one of them will have to stay at the armory answering phones...

...so you might want to go out and help the other guy.

[Bluzmann57]

7. Yeah, I'm starting to wonder...

Is it ever going to stop raining? The Mississippi is up and rushing fast, so please stay clear if anyone is a pleasure boater.
Speaking of the National Guard, I remember the great flood of '93 and how the National Guard was actually here to help us out. For those unfamiliar, it was the highest water ever recorded all along the Mississippi River, at least the upper Mississippi River. And one more thing about all this damn rain, be prepared to pay more for food and gas. Farmers can't get into their fields to harvest the corn, which is the base of many food products, as well as etanol. And obviously, they can't harvest their wheat, etc. either. Man I wish it would stop raining.

[smoogatz]

8. We're a couple of hours north of the worst of it. This time.

But damn, has it been wet after a summer-long drought. The good news is that it's supposed to clear off starting this weekend.

Heartfelt best wishes to all of my fellow midwsterners who are affected by this crazy-ass weather.

[smoogatz]

9. Gore.

Draft Gore.

[kster]

10. Our canoe trip was canceled for sunday

because of the flooding, I think i'm gonna call the canoe rental place back and see if he will sell me the canoe. I may need it. LOL

[madrchsod]

12. yup the rock river is cresting where i`m at

looks like the river during spring thaw... it`s supposed to stop this week end

[the_sheep_look_up]

13. Flooding in the mid-west

I'm just wondering what you guys in the mid-west did to get
God so pissed off at you. I can understand Katrina and New
Orleans (Sodom and Gomorrah and all that) but Findlay, Ohio?
Come clean now, and tell us everything. Must be a real hotbet
of vice and corruption going on there. The other thing I'm
wondering about is why God always gets credit for good stuff
but never any blame for bad stuff. Example: the bridge
collapse in Minneapolis where all the kids got off the school
bus. I heard one guy say "It's a miracle. God was looking
out for us." How about not allowing the bridge to
collapse in the first place? Others: Utah mine collapse,
hurricane Dean, Iraq war.......
Be safe.

[ellie]

18. I have no idea!

I live north in Toledo, but I believe that Findlay is known as Flag City! How patriotic can you get? I'm sure God is a big draw there too.

[Hardrada]

22. Good points there!

[BadgerLaw2010]

14. But there's a hurricane in Mexico that's gonna hit Texas!!!!!!1111 Feet of rain!

Oh wait...

[hedgehog]

15. Two questions: when will all that water flow down river to New Orleans?

and

Is there another hurricane due any time soon?

[flying_monkeys]

17. Drought here. But global warming is myth, eh?

This is like day 24 of dry 99-105 degree weather.


(Too bad the National guard is otherwise engaged. Maybe you can order sandbags online from ToysRUs? They might deliver, if they have a boat....)

[Hardrada]

21. There are some leftover sandbags from last time around.

I think.

[malaise]

32. I was watching The Weather Channel's video of the

flooding in Chicago and they showed and commented about snow in Colorado in fugging August.

Sp.

[sanskritwarrior]

23. Hate to interject a little reality to your rant,

but what states are you in, I have a complete roster here in front of me of which National guard units are in Iraq, and there aren't that many..........

[Hardrada]

24. If I were ranting you would know it. No, not a rant. Just a bit

of wistful remembrance of when the local National Guard members were available to help in floods when needed. States in Quad Cities area are, of course, Iowa and Illinois. By the way, give us a link to this roster. I am sure a lot of us would like to see it. Seriously.

[sanskritwarrior]

28. Well first things first it is a text roster

(hard copy) and B. The National guard in Illinois and Iowa are mostly at home station i.e. not deployed. If they are not assisiting with flood relief, it is because the governor of your particular state has not called them up in large numbers.......

[Debi]

31. Our 600 Iowa members who just came home from 17 months in Iraq will

be glad to hear that they were actually 'home' the whole time.

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/07/24/features/133/doc46a605bf27657467334746.txt

And the members of the 134th who just left will be glad to know they aren't far from home either.

[sanskritwarrior]

33. LOL

please don't try and snowball the people reading this........1200 soldiers does not represent very much of the Iowa Army National Guard......

So you get an A for effort, but an F for effectiveness, I bet even most DUers are aware that most of Iowa's National Guard is at home station and has been for quite a while...............

[illinoisprogressive]

25. We are having some problems here as well.

[illinoisprogressive]

26. We have 14 inches this month and it is really nailing the SW part of town

that is an area where people cannot afford to have their houses flooded.

[Hardrada]

27. Where are you situated?

Near Chicago?

[the_sheep_look_up]

34. Nailing the SW part of town

I imagine most people where ever they are can't afford to have
their houses flooded. Insurance companies being who they are
and how they operate don't usually allow claims for "acts
of God".
Make of that what you will.

[Debi]

30. Hey Hardrada...how bad is it out your way?

New Hartford was under water yesterday and the Cedar is creeping up the banks outside our office in Waterloo.

Are you dry or at least on high land?