I'm in that small purple circle at the top of Iowa. 17" this month. 7" Friday night alone. Ran 3 sump pumps, a shop vac and bailed buckets out of our sump pit all night with 7 of us working furiously. Long time since hubs and I pulled an all nighter. We stayed dry but just barely kept ahead of it. It was close. Too close. Many neighbors with piles of carpet and belongings outside in driveways. And we were lucky compared to friends 25 minutes south in Spencer, IA. 4.5 feet in their basement. Some with water to roofs. Absolutely heartbreaking and devastating. Video 20240623_202346.mp4 Video of the spillway in Spirit Lake, IA. This is where Big Spirit Lake flows into the north part of the Okoboji chain. It was bone dry in April. Under normal circumstances there is usually a 3 foot "spill" of water. Running flat and fast now. It had been out of banks on the sidewalk but I was fighting my own water battles at home most of Saturday. Here is the outlet on the other side of the road. 20240623_203156.mp4 Son had senior pictures taken on those rocks that are underwater. Crazy.

The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 77/64 there was 0.34” of rainfall. The highest wind gust was 34 mph the sun was out 38% of the possible time. For today the average H/L is 82/61 the record high of 96 was set in 1901 and 2009. The coldest high was 62 in 1994 the record low of 41 was set in 1961 the warmest low of 73 was set in 2005 and 1997. The most rainfall of 2.88” fell in 1994 that year was a cold and wet June 24th There was 0.55” of rainfall here in MBY overnight I was surprised to have that much. The overnight low was 58 and the current temperature is 61 with clear skies.

I believe she’s protected by the Bill of Rights.

The Northwest is the last place in the US where I’d live. It’s overdue for a major slip and things will be ugly. For those that insist on living there, have an escape route mapped and a family plan. Then have a meetup destination well away from the coast. A major quake won’t fool about, it’s deadly.

@Clinton And this isn't the first summer. I called it the "Hell hole" of the midwest. And I got a decent rain on May 25th. So from May 26th to now that map is way worse.