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1SEIACLONE

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4.8 inches in north Ames. This is no time for the sump pump to go out.
That is where I am at between last night and today. Just went down and checked the basement, sump pump is not working and the basement is totally dry. During that storm this afternoon, we had just a river of water in the back yard by the fence. Every property slopes down towards that area, and the city has a tile there to take it all away. Within a hour of after it stopped raining the river of water was gone, wet back there, but I was impressed it only took that long.
 
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Well that was not cool. Tornado or derecho. Trees down in my neighborhood, my sister’s roof damaged, crops flat, and no power until just now when it snapped back on thankfully

100 mph wind report from a co-worker in Center Point, 90 mph from a friend in Epworth, and 85 mph from Cascade on Ryan Hall’s stream
 

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Well that was not cool. Tornado or derecho. Trees down in my neighborhood, my sister’s roof damaged, crops flat, and no power until just now when it snapped back on thankfully

100 mph wind report from a co-worker in Center Point, 90 mph from a friend in Epworth, and 85 mph from Cascade on Ryan Hall’s stream
Not to be a jerk but it was neither, just straight line winds.
 

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Woof. Air Quality is awful. Closed fresh air intake and set whole house fan to "auto" to try and keep the bad air out. Usually run the fan 24/7. Nice temp, sunny and not too humid and have to stay inside. Sort of sucks to lose so may nice summer days.

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Gonzo

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My daughter was flying back yesterday after five weeks in Europe. She was in Atlanta, waiting for her flight to O'Hare last night, delayed for hours, then got onto the plane but it was grounded for another couple hours, then they finally took off but had to circle for another hour or two outside of Chicago, to the point where they had to divert to Detroit to refuel. She finally landed in Chicago around 3:30 a.m., about 6 hours late.

All because of this system that literally just sat there on top of northern Illinois/Chicagoland area for several hours without moving east. I was tracking all of it on FlightAware. It was the weirdest thing.
 
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Turn2

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Woof. Air Quality is awful. Closed fresh air intake and set whole house fan to "auto" to try and keep the bad air out. Usually run the fan 24/7. Nice temp, sunny and not too humid and have to stay inside. Sort of sucks to lose so may nice summer days.

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Canada wildfire smoke, I presume? Central IA has been mostly unaffected lately, but I just noticed that we've also jumped to the upper moderate range today.
 

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Woof. Air Quality is awful. Closed fresh air intake and set whole house fan to "auto" to try and keep the bad air out. Usually run the fan 24/7. Nice temp, sunny and not too humid and have to stay inside. Sort of sucks to lose so may nice summer days.

GvqtvwIX0AAfOLA

I spent the afternoon at our farm cleaning up down trees and running brush to the pile. You could definitely see the haze from the wildfires. Just a ****** weather week. Forecast for more rain after Tuesday too
 

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Just went for a walk and the air is back to Mayish type of smoke. Can actually smell and taste it.