Mason City Floods

I'm sure you're all aware of the terrible weather Iowa is dealing with right now. Horrible tornadoes and flooding - 53 of the 99 counties in Iowa are declared federal disaster areas, so they can get federal aid. Not to mention that the price of corn on the market is already the highest ever, and will continue to climb, as farmers either haven't been able to get the crop in the ground, since it's been so wet all spring, and now that it might never dry out.

Mason City on Sunday was hit with record high flood level of 18.6 feet from the Winnebago River. More than 7 feet is declared flood level. The record had been about 15 feet in 1933.

John and Marcy's house luckily has escaped any flooding, but many neighbors on our same street, had terrible flooding in their basements. And Eastbrooke isn't even in the flood plain area. Many other areas of town, homes have been completely destroyed and basements/foundations have collapsed. I have friend's whose parent's homes are probably gone for good. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the residents in MC dealing with all of this. And on top of it all, they have been living without any running water since Sunday, due to the Water Plant also getting flooded. Some water is back on now for showers and flushing, but it's still not drink/cookable.

Please keep Mason City, the surrounding other cities flooded, and all the affected counties from flooding and tornadoes in your thoughts.

Thanks!