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The rain to stop? Or turn to snow. Crazy lot of rain. It's been raining for hours now. Fairly heavily. I did... check flood zones? Or such. Before buying. Just left Iowa City/Coralville after years of "100, 500, 1,000 year" floods. They... kept happening. I... don't think the number crunchers had any real idea.
Hmm, I think that was last year, here? This year? When... weather begins going too sideways, I... begin to think it is time to move along. It is an omen. Just... that it takes me a while. Giants take a while to wake, and prod along. But... God has his ways? It... seems to be possible, and has been true.
No, I didn't want to even be in the 1,000 year flood plane. That... isn't perfect. We do have a damn up the ways. How bad would a full load burst be? That I just can't know. How likely is it? I'm not a structural engineer. And I don't know how well it is managed. Do they have actual flood protocols which would mitigate most of it? Is it designed to fail in such as was as to minimize? Just how much and how fast could be released full throttle? I... did what research I can reasonably do.
So far, the only potential flooding problems concern bridges between my town and the closer towns to the east. I have only really seen one section, directly to the east, nearly underwater. Branches, sticks, twigs, debris then became a problem, but were managed. Yes, so far, not even cutoff from nearby grocers and such. The trip around, or to other large enough places, would be tricky, and long.
The temperature is staying right at 42. When it first came in, it was severely blustery. But that calmed down, then the rain came. I keep checking... it keeps reading right at 42. Beautiful, in a strange way. Makes home, and/or family, much more welcoming... even if things aren't perfect, good, pleasant. Odd that.
Well... I may just go to bed. Sleep well. Amen.
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