I saw this at the top of my slashdot this morning:
So, click on the link above and go tell them! Answer all the questions as “Yes” except the last one! That last one should be a “No.” (Oddly enough, the default answer for all the questions is, “Yes.”)
From the City’s flood update page:
“A water main break under Squaw Creek drained all the water out of a water tower and dropped the distribution pressure to a dangerous level. Due to the possibility of contamination, the Ames Water Plant has shut down the water supply to the distribution system community wide effective 2:30 p.m.
Any water accessible at your home or business should be considered potentially contaminated. Any water used for consumption must be boiled.
Water pressure could be restored this evening or take as long as 24 hours. The water boil order could continue longer.”
You need to leave or be prepared to stay in for the long haul.
Super 8 being evacuated in Ames due to sewage in the lower floor.
Iowa Dept. of Transportation (although the maps here are only showing the closure on 30, so use the map from the previous post)
WHO-TV (stuff on their front page)
Notice I didn’t link to the local radio stations. They’re all useless, all playing network crap.
Also, the Ames Police and Fire radio traffic can be found here: RadioReference.com
UPDATE: KASI has posted this page.
Whoever says we don’t have climate change is full of it. Many, many roads closed, just like 1993. Highway 30 is closed in the Dayton Avenue area, East 13th is closed by River Valley Park, Lincoln Way and University is closed…Ames residents know the routine. The most useful source for local closings is here at the City of Ames website.
This time it’s an AT&T tech support rep calling me back about a dead DSL circuit: “Yeah, Hi, this is a silver AT&T. I’m calling in reference. To by the during that day calling to verify service 13 didn’t know if it is often running on powerful of, or ourselves, and Basin. I heard it’s about yourself, plus the 7 days, bats. Yeah, there’s a place that depicted card and now Yang, they said yeah it back up and running and I’d like to, you can checking our end to see if everything’s okay. But soon. If you receive this voicemail, please leave us a call back at 807 2003 P to 2 of unsweetened 4 and you may use your ticket number 1 Tuesday 8 7 3 Speak 61 Thank you and I will. We’ll day.”
Yeah, we’ll day. Let’s have your people and my people day.
Linn/Benton/Subway/thatfunkystreetbythefairgrounds going under the railroad tracks is flooded. Other storm drains appear to have…issues.
Well, west Ames…the storm knocked out power last night. We are still having service at the UU Fellowship, thanks to the skylights.
