More Crazy Ass Weather Courtesy of Living in the Midwest!

I took these pictures before Father's Day, but I've worked an average of 50 hours a week since then and it's taken me some time to get them uploaded. First, the flooding. I'm sure you all (all 3 of you who read this) have seen the images on the news or YouTube and here's another.

That's the on ramp to a local highway. The river's edge is supposed to be on the far side of those trees. The cars parked along the on ramp belong to the homeowners who can't access their driveways anymore. What I didn't take a picture of (and I should have) is the National Guard truck stationed along the ramp day and night that has ATV's parked outside the truck that the guardsmen use to ferry the residents to and from their cars and homes. My brother's house is on the river and he no longer has a backyard, has sandbags stacked 4 high against the back of his house, and had to destroy the recently placed ceramic tile in his basement in order to place 2 water pumps to keep the water out.

And then, the wind.


That's a giant tree, had to have been at least 50' tall. The wind completely uprooted it and two others in this cemetery about 1/4 mile from my house. That was a big surprise for me driving into work one morning.

The weather has been great for the past few weeks, but the water has barely receded.