Snow, rain, storms....all that is missing is a plague of locusts.
The midwest has been getting pummelled by heavy rains and river flooding, leaving thousands homeless. What hasn't been hit by rain is being crippled by massive snowfalls.
The mighty Meramec topped out at almost 38 feet, a few feet shy of the levee's height, sparing Valley Park, Missouri the same fate that many other communities in America's heartland have suffered. Arkansas and Ohio have been waterlogged, along with other parts of Missouri, with something like 70 counties in that state alone having reported some sort of flooding.
CNN reports that rivers have receded in Ohio, but that parts of the state are still under flood warning. In other parts of the sate, the problem is snow...way too much of it. Minnesota was hit hard as well, with Milwaukee getting over a foot of snow today alone.
Good Friday indeed.
There are as many as 16 deaths estimated as a result of the freak weather in the last week. Now this may not be as big as Katrina, but seeing how bad a job FEMA did with that disaster, it will be interesting to see how this situation is handled. Whole towns have been evacuated in places like Arkansas, but what will there be to come back to if things get way out of hand?
You have to feel bad for these people, but shouldn't precautions be taken for the worst case scenarios? How many floods have to happen before you either move or build some big-ass levees?
It's like those people you see on TV talking about what they'll do after their house is pulverized or their trailer gets thrown 300 yards somewhere in tornado alley..."We'll rebuild."
Yeah...let me know how that works out for you.
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