[Dialogue] Flood Victims

[David & Lin Zahrt]

Out here on the 'West Coast' of Iowa we have only had, in the past  
two weeks, a total of 7 1/4 inches of rain. We live on the west slope  
of Iowa's Loess Hills and when we look west out our living room  
window we see 15 miles across the Missouri River Flood plain to the  
Missouri River and the Nebraska hills. For the first mile and 1/2  
approximately 1/2 of the cropland has standing water. I suspect this  
land will have no crop this year; either flooded out or unable to  
plant or re-plant.

7 miles south of us, along the hills the Little Sioux Scout Camp  
experienced a tornado. You must have seen the publicity/news coverage  
on it. The water in other parts of Iowa has been unprecedented. We  
have B&B guests who knew people who lived through the tornado in  
Parkersburg, IA, who subsequently purchased a house in Cedar Falls/ 
Waterloo, IA, and have since had the house flooded out.

Don't know about Nancy Trask. Maybe we're losing some Covered Bridges  
in Madison County.

David

On Jun 13, 2008, at 4:02 PM, George Holcombe wrote:
> Any news from our Iowa colleagues and others in the flooded areas?
>
> George Holcombe
> 14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
> Austin, TX 78728
> Home: 512/252-2756
> Mobile 512/294-5952
> geowanda at earthlink.net
>

David & Lin Zahrt
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Turin, IA 51040
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