Mid-Year: A Few Thoughts About Risk
My neighbor’s house has flooded.
Here on the shores of West Okoboji, the spring rains were heavy, but not terribly unusual. However, the rain continued all through June. The final storms were epic: six plus inches of rain overnight flooded the beach and powerful winds pushed the lake across my neighbor’s yard into their house.
It’s been an eventful year in Northwest Iowa. Earlier in January, our neighbors to the east had a housefire that proved almost impossible to control. It consumed two houses and the better part of a third before a half dozen local fire departments got things under control. As I write this, the sounds of cicadas fill the air.