My dad left today for western Wisconsin today. There's been really severe flooding, several cities are underwater and have been evacuated. Our newest bridge, less than a year old, was destroyed. Houses have falls off hills, or ended up on cliffs when the hill itself fell away. The Kickapoo River is already five feet above flood levels- and the weathermen (they can't be very popular right now) have predicated rain through to Sunday.

Where I am there's severe thunderstorms and flash flooding. We're watching a neighbors house while they're away so I've been on gutter duty, making sure everything is draining properly. I don''t want them coming home to a flooded basement.

I hope my dad's okay.