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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Don; if you go to help your cousin; don't forget to stop by a clinic for a 
tetanus shot.  Best of luck. 
After your post I turned on tv to see if any of the cable (so called ) news 
stations had any information or updates.  Thjey were too besy taling about 
Tiger Wood winning and Barack playing Bill Cosby.
I did see a video clip on the yahoo homepage saying that Illinois and other 
states south of Iowa were filling sandbags--the clip didn't mention Missouri. 
 When the Mississippi roils she is truly a "brown god".
Good luck with your travels......bobford


--- On Mon, 6/16/08, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] Floods
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 11:26 AM
> I just received information that my cousin's farm is
> going under water.  He is busily pulling the Diesel pump
> engines out of Gregory water district and I hope pulling
> his machinery out of the way.  His farm is located about
> half way between Canton, Mo and the junction of the Des
> Moines and Mississippi rivers.  I tried reaching his mother
> but no luck.  The farm  buildings are up on the bluff so
> they are not in danger.  Most of his 1400 acres of crop
> land is between the bluff and the river just west of
> Gregory Landing.  As near as I can understand he will not
> have a corn or soybean crop this year.
> 
> Corn is up over $7.75, Wheat is back over $9, soybeans are
> over $15.  I suspect many of us will have to make some
> significant changes in our eating and driving this year. 
> Meanwhile the politicians are avoiding discussing real
> problems and just throwing out platitudes.  The media is
> spinning around talking about flag pins and birth
> certificates rather than looking for real answers and
> providing real information.
> 
> Don Bowen      KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
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