You may have seen something on the news about the heavy rains and flooding in the southeastern part of Minnesota. There has been a lot of devastation. Seven people were killed and I think there are still some missing. The little town of Rushford is a disaster with about a third of the homes destroyed because water came over a dike. There was a lot of rain, causing the streams and rivers to rise very quickly. I live in Rochester, about 40 miles from the worst flooding. We had about 10 inches of rain from Saturday morning to Sunday morning. There was some problem with mudslides in a few parts of town and lots of wet basements. The ground is now saturated and more rain is forecast for this week, so there may be more flooding yet to come. Unfortunately there are many areas in other parts of the state which are still very dry. Please remember all the folks who lost loved ones or homes in this event.
Julia in MN