Like I said in a post or two ago, I have not been online. With the way the weather has been, its insane. Either its snow, ice, freezing rain, below zero temps, then all of a sudden 45 degree weather causing that 20+ inches of snow melt causing the rivers to rise and flood in a rapid fashion. Earlier this year we had a huge rescue operation in March 2008 to rescue families living along the rivers because the weather warmed up quickly, causing ice jams like this

Which caused a huge problem for people trying to stick it out. And what people don’t understand is the people who live along the river, love it there. They choose to live there. And others say to them, just move and they won’t have that problem. Those people just don’t understand River life. Just like the people who live in California have to worry about quakes and the people who live in Florida worry about hurricanes. You can’t tell them people to just move, its their life…they love it where they are at. Leave them be.
But what’s ironic is the possibility of flooding again. In Iowa, close to my Son’s Fathers house its flooding again. And the levee still isn’t repaired from the damage from earlier this year. So its flooding again. I hope they stay safe.
So I hope the “new” bridge doesn’t cause another jam again…alot of people are blaming the new bridge…

These photos are from March 2008.