***Official 2024 Weather Thread***
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All the heavy stuff went around us, but west, north, and south of us looked to have been nailed.
I think we are safe in Central Iowa this year as long as we don't get huge rains in the Racoon river basin. Most of the water from this year's storms are flowing into the Missouri via the Sioux river and the Des Moines which should be slowed down by Saylorville which was pretty low when this all started.
Anybody golfing today? last time this thread turned into a crop report thread it morphed into a golfing thread
In all seriousness, in my farming days it was always tough when things didn't go right weather wise in your immediate area but your neighbor a county or two away were mostly unaffected. Seems the markets were driven by your misfortunes and the neighbors benefited--you had high prices with nothing to sell and they ended up with bushels and price. A lot is helped out now with federal crop and price protection insurance that wasn't available then but every farmer I know would rather raise and market his best crop than have to rely on insurance payments to get him to his next chance to succeed, Hang in there guys (and gals) and I hope the sun shines on you in the future.
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"Road blocked due to flooding" notifications.
And that's just the highways.
And that's just the highways.
Is Terrill far enough west that their water heads west and hits the Missouri River? Then it would miss DSM. Not sure?
Dickinson (Spirit Lake/Okoboji) and Clay (Spencer) counties end up in the Missouri.
Emmet (Estherville) and Palo Alto (Emmetsburg) end up in Saylorville.
Terrill is just west of the Dickinson/Emmet line.
Dude. Fill a funnel full of water and see what happens. We will NEVER be out of a drought!!!
The states been drought free for a couple of weeks now. Yay!
Depending how it lies to blue earth MN, it could dump into the blue earth like mine and go north to……….Mankato. Why our ground isn’t losing water Mankato got hammered.
