Posted by billonthefarm on July 22, 2008 at 05:21:51 from (205.161.2.144):
I have spent alot of time this year complaining about the weather, I mean alot. Wet cold spring and it is still raining all the time it seems like. It was tough to get the crops in, didnt think I would ever be able to spray, and making hay is near impossible. Somehow we got the wheat out in between showers but I am starting to wonder about the oats. I had reason to take a trip west into IA. I checked and the bridge at Burlington was finally open so that was the chosen route. I know they dont need people wandering around over there but anyone who has reason to be over that way it is unbelievable. The town of Gulfport is still under a few feet of water and maybe a total loss. There is a row of pumps that is impressive putting water back over the levee but I cant even imagine how much water needs to be pumped. The part that really made me think is when I drove by the farmsteads in the bottom. I could see the water marks high on the grain bins and outbuildings. The water was near the eves of the homes. There is absolutley no sign of the crops that had been there. They are totally gone. I dont know where all the trash from the crops went but the ground is totally bare. It looks like everything in the bottom has serious damage. There is nothing living, roadsides are dead, fencerows, yards, low branches in trees it is a very dead looking place. Now those folks have reason to complain and I doubt they are. They were behind a levee and when it broke they were at river level or below. I'm sure they worked to get everything out they could but as the water came in but they lost their crops, suffered damage to buildings and equipment, and I suppose those homes may be ruined. With all that devasation they have replanted a few of the higher fields with beans hoping for a crop of some sort. In retrospect I have nothing to complain about. bill
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