Trouble in River City? Not for long...

There's trouble in River City and it ain't pool.
No, this time Iowa has WAY more water than it needs.

Iowa, where the tall corn grows and farmers are always griping about the weather. It seems they either never have enough or, like right now, "comin' down harder than a cow pissin' on a flat rock."

I spent my high school years in Iowa and know something of the people who still call it home. You might say that "some of my best friends are Iowans".

Here's what you can take to the bank:

A year from now most all of the communities currently in crisis mode will be back and better than ever. These are strong people. They're hardy stock. Mostly they are of German, Irish, and Swedish extraction. The kind of folks who are embarrassed by any attempt to show off. Farmers ,who spend a lifetime talking poor, sell the farm and move to town as millionaires when it's time to retire. That's how it's done in a part of America where the highest compliment you can pay someone is to refer to them as a hard worker.

The TV crews will be gone next year, but Iowa will be better than before. No whining; no "who is the government going to send to help us?"

That's how it is in Iowa.
Ya got trouble?
Shut up and get to work!

Next June...look at Iowa.
It'll be better than ever.
(But, please...NO bragging.)