Not my typical travel adventure story, but an adventure story based in the area around my hometown. (I was in Iowa over Memorial Day dodging tornados but nothing really bloggable other than the Parkersburg, Iowa tornado category EP5 that landed 30 miles south of Rockford, Iowa.
Today one of the levies on the Winnebago River in Mason City, Iowa broke, and along with the rain, caused massive flooding with record river levels.
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My parents live on "a hill" one block from the river bank, so they seem to be ok at the moment. It should be noted that Rockford, Iowa is actually at the confluence of both the Winnebago and the Shell Rock Rivers. The Winnebago was the focus of the infamous River City in Meredith Willson's "The Music Man". As you might know, the river wasn't more than a creek, but today proving the story and Meredith true, it is a big old river!
In the picture with just "river view" next to this text, there is a dam in the picture to the right where the waves are which is usually exposed. It has a 12 foot drop. The river is about 1/4 wide from this view in normal conditions. My father took all three photos in Rockford. Here's a link to the local news (and I really mean LOCAL) nothing like big city news :) http://www.kimt.com/news/local/19644369.html
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Any updated news? CNN makes it looks worse there every day. I hope the 'hill' holds!!!
So how are your folks weathering the storms?
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