***Official 2024 Weather Thread***
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We just went ahead and kept her home today. No reason to put her through panicking in front of her friends if the sirens were to go off.
My sump pump is bone dry in WDM. We need SLOW consistent rain, not these 1-2 inch storms in an hour where it all runs off quickly..
I have weather anxiety too. It was tempting to stay home, but I'm at work. Kiddo is at daycare. And we did NOT put out our garbage for collection today to avoid that mess (although we'll probably get the neighbors' trash in our yard).
We had .8" of rain Sunday night and woke up this morning to another .8" in North Ames. Waiting to see what this passing storm drops on us.
Wife just text me that a building for the school district she works for is taking on water.
Tell her to start worrying when the music teacher comes out into the hallway playing their violin
Omaha storms already hit spouse's 2025 bonus. We tend to think of CA and FL as the big weather $$ but the Midwest is gettting expensive too.
The NYT had a podcast last week that talked about how the home insurance industry was losing money in 20+ states. They also mentioned how it was hitting unexpected areas, and that example was Marshalltown.
The Possible Collapse of the U.S. Home Insurance System
A Times investigation found climate change may now be a concern for every homeowner in the country.
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Sun starting to come out in western Iowa to brew up the next round.
I heard your area got smoked last night.
It's been a steady heavyish rain over here, but nothing crazy.
