by Art Smith
Des Moines city officials have announced they will immediately evacuate parts of Des Moines that are in the “500 year” flood plain along both the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers. The water levels are expected to crest along the Des Moines River Friday...
by Art Smith
** Attention: Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa is NOW OPEN. The Iowa DOT has inspected the bridge over the Cedar River and it is safe to travel on. (Updated 6/16/08 @ 4:00 PM) ** CORRECTION. This is UPDATED. The prior version was the initial detour route that...
by Art Smith
In other news, the Supreme Court has now gone too far. Sister Toldjah: Quote of the day: “The Nation will live to regret what the Court has done today.” That was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in his dissent on the USSC ruling today that Gitmo...
by Art Smith
*** This post will be updated and will be kept as a sticky at the top as major flooding events in Des Moines occur. *** Downtown Des Moines is still contained, although other parts of the city have begun flooding more extensively as water from Saylorville Lake...
by Art Smith
Got the high-speed running again, and we’re all very happy here! I can’t say the same for everyone in town. We continue to have flooding throughout the state, and water levels are rising around Des Moines. The local AAA baseball park is at the confluence...
by Art Smith
If you don’t see any other posts for a day or two, it’s just that our internet access is down. We had some kind of outage that should be repaired sometime Monday, but it might be Tuesday before you see anything substantive. Sorry about that. (had to use a...