Secrets of the City

Not near the worst part, but here’s some photos from a friend who has a lot of water in Rochester.

Randy’s Dailies’ photos has more from Rochester.

What weird weather this way comes. They are reporting anywhere from 8 to 12 inches of rain in some areas yesterday with more on the way. From drought to flooding in a short period of time. Hopefully, there won’t be anymore deaths.

But, off topic – I did just read that they found Scott Sathers’ body from the bridge collapse so only one more body to recover. Let’s hope the families find some solace in finding their loved ones.

I was in Owattona yesterday, participating in a “farm to fuel” forum. The rain was heavy and nonstop the entire trip. From drought to flood — not what anyone needed.

Latest word: four confirmed dead because of the flooding, two more likely, hundreds evacuated.

Falling bridges, runaway cars, floods… I’m bracing myself for the locusts.

A glance at the world headlines suggests the locust may be on their way: Hope fades for the trapped coal miners in Utah and China, two NYC firefighters dead battling a blaze in a building damaged on 9-11, Peru gives up on its seemingly too little, too late (shades of Katrina?) earthquake rescue attempt, the list of awful news is very long today.

Good day to stay inside, hug your loved ones, and count your blessings.

A glance at the world headlines suggests the locust may be on their way: Hope fades for the trapped coal miners in Utah and China, two NYC firefighters dead battling a blaze in a building damaged on 9-11, Peru gives up on its seemingly too little, too late (shades of Katrina?) earthquake rescue attempt, the list of awful news is very long today.

Good day to stay inside, hug your loved ones, and count your blessings.

I’m staying back home in southeast MN in between semesters at the U. I was out last night in Rochester and saw abandoned cars with water up to the roofs. It is starting to rain again now and it appears more is on the way. We are on high ground so I think we’ll be OK.

Bob: stop with the bad news already. I can’t take anymore.

Wait, I have good news: I won $7 from Wed’s powerball. Woo Hoo!

Does these news stories in the last three weeks makes you unsafe or even vulnerable? I mean, major flooding in SE Minnesota? The 35 W bridge falling apart during rush hour traffic? People driving into outdoor cafe patios all the sudden? Severe Weather hits back to back? Crops dying by drought status? What next?! Grasshoppers coming down in large swarms like they do in the bible?

But hey, at least we got people in charge that are more concern about pit bull dogs in your rough neighborhood or lavish sport stadiums, funded through by the local taxpayer at gunpoint.

I found a couple videos of the flood.

Wait, I have good news: I won $7 from Wed’s powerball. Woo Hoo!

I went to the nearest indian gaming facility to donate money so the little indian children could have some new shoes, but instead ended up leaving with over $250 more than I donated. Oh well.

but instead ended up leaving with over $250 more than I donated

“…which I am donating to the American Red Cross to help victims of the flooding.”

Oh, alright.

I know this was an extraordinary amount of rain, but can we please stop building in floodplains? Hasn’t anyone who plans these housing developments that I see in the pictures of the flooded areas learned how to read a 100-year floodline?

Or then I guess the builders don’t care, because it’s the buyers that can’t get flood insurance.

This is one reason I live on a hill on high ground.

but can we please stop building in floodplains?

Rushford is underwater, but that’s because the dike broke and they got like, what, 12″ of rain overnight? Rushford not built on a floodplain, even though it’s on the Root, and some other tributary to the north whose name escapes me.

But I thought global warming was going to mean a perpetual drought in this part of the country, making the rivers run shallow, etc., such that flood plains would no longer be in danger of being flooded??

The topic at hand is not global warming, so let’s not get sidetracked.

heh. shucks.

There may be a grain of truth in maz’s snarky remark. No place in earth is global warming happening faster than Antartica. Antartica is a massive global “weather maker.” I few degrees warmer, a little less pack ice and Boom– warm, moist air that usually stays in the Gulf Coast gets pushed deep inland, where it colides with a cold front in southern Minnesota.

The current weather patterns are also causing freakish flooding in Oklahoma.

Is global warming to cause? I don’t know — but I do know it not nice to mess with old Ma Nature. She has a history of getting in the last lick….

Yikes. Look out, gas prices. Glad I’m driving the E85 vehicle this week –

All of this is Carol Molnau’s fault.