Random Thoughts X (The 9th Regeneration)
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looks like pretty heavy damage in McGregor, IA. Friend near there posting pics - we stayed there a couple years ago for a wedding, beautiful little town.
Town is closed to traffic. Emergency calls are being routed to Delaware county casue they have no power a sheriffs there. Implies enough damage to have knocked out generator power which I would guess they would have (maybe not).
This is a second story collapsed and crushing the 1st floor.
Had a long, fun day. Today my paternal grandma turned 88. Her health issues have led to living at Rolling Green in Nevada. Today I cam and checked her out and my dad and I took her to Perkins for breakfast, then to his house for the rest of the day through supper.
Glad to see her having so much fun. Here she is from a few years ago with her friend CY when RVTV came to Nevada.
Glad to see her having so much fun. Here she is from a few years ago with her friend CY when RVTV came to Nevada.
Town is closed to traffic. Emergency calls are being routed to Delaware county casue they have no power a sheriffs there. Implies enough damage to have knocked out generator power which I would guess they would have (maybe not).
This is a second story collapsed and crushing the 1st floor.
I saw that 2nd pic on fb and had wondered if part of the bluff gave way in a mudslide or something before I saw it was a tornado. Sad to see, the downtown area was lovely. Also buried in the bluffs, seems like an odd spot for a tornado to get.
Had a long, fun day. Today my paternal grandma turned 88. Her health issues have led to living at Rolling Green in Nevada. Today I cam and checked her out and my dad and I took her to Perkins for breakfast, then to his house for the rest of the day through supper.
Glad to see her having so much fun. Here she is from a few years ago with her friend CY when RVTV came to Nevada.
Nice photo. I'd probably crop the right side of the photo just a bit more though.
They keep talking about the imminent blooming of the corpse flower at the botanical center. They've even got a live feed of it. Every time I see it, I'm reminded of triffids...
So technically a tornado can get anywhere but I would bet my life savings that this was all straight line winds. The storm was moving at 70-75 mph so it doesn't take much of an actual storm wind to amount to 100+mph vector winds.
Better now than a week from now.
EDIT: I should probably explain. There could be quite a few casualties and possibly fatalities if a big storm like that hits when RAGBRAI is in town. Think about 15-20,000 people with no more cover than a tent.
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Spelling bee? No problem. Quilting bee? Break out the Benadryl.
Main Street is nestled between bluffs that lead to the river. It's built in a coulee like area that I speculate could channel winds.
Get to go to Cedar Rapids next week for a company open house/golf tourney. Really hoping I don't embarrass myself to bad on the course.
I think we all know who WDSM wants to partner up with...
if he doesn't want to be embarrassed on a golf course, he should definitely not choose me. I don't think I've ever even golfed.
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