On Our way to Kentucky

Missouri River flooding-Hamburg, Iowa 6/11/08

( The river should be behind those trees in the background, but as you can tell there were waves splashing up over the road)

As we traveled to Kentucky for family matters we cut across a portion of Iowa. Leaving Nebraska, as we came into Iowa, we came across severe flooding, it was so bad that they had both outside lanes on each side of the interstate closed and blocked due to flooding of the Missouri River the lanes were under water. I myself had never seen such flooding in my life. It is crazy to see the damage water can cause, such a valuable resource that can cause such devastation when mother nature has her way. As we left Iowa heading into Missouri the flooding continued on for at least 20 miles, once a river, is now what seems to be a lake, which had flooded farm after farm and field after field, affecting people all over that area. We tried getting a pic but I do not think it does it justice. My thoughts are with those who are in Iowa and the surrounding areas, who have had to deal with such a force of nature.