Sunday, June 08, 2008

Midwest Besieged By Severe Weather


As the "End of Days" continues~~ the Midwest is getting clobbered with severe weather again today, with many areas flooded or preparing to be flooded as creeks and rivers swell past their banks. This may not be a by-product of global warming, but it is definitely causing a catastrophe for many who live here, and it may spell disaster for farmers now, and consumers later, as crops cannot even be put in many fields due to the flooding.
This story was current a little over an hour ago:

A possible tornado toppled trees in Nebraska and record flooding chased people from their Indiana homes early Sunday as the Midwest braced for still more violent weather.

At least one person downed in the Indiana flooding and one was missing since more than 10 inches of rain swamped the state this weekend. Twenty-one counties had been declared disasters, said John Erickson, a spokesman for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security
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In Michigan, two delivery workers for The Grand Rapids Press drowned early Sunday when their car became submerged in a creek that washed out a road, the newspaper said.

The National Weather Service forecast more damaging weather Sunday in the Midwest, and posted severe storm warnings for parts of Illinois and Wisconsin.
"We not out of the woods yet," weather service hydrologist Al Shipe said.

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