Recent flooding in the Midwest as certainly had an impact around me. I live in Madison and grew up in Whitewater. Ingrid grew up about half way between in Deerfield where her brother is still farming. Andreas, her brother, has lost a bunch of crops and will be more dependent on corn this coming year to feed the cows than he ever has. All of this at a time when corn prices are rocketing.
Ingrid and I have come out OK from all of this at our house. Despite our house being 130 years old with a field stone foundation, most of the water that came in managed to make it to the floor drain. Also in the line between where I live and where I grew up 50 miles away are the towns of Jefferson and Fort Atkinson. Attached are some arials of these areas and the flooding from the Rock River. NUTS!!!