It’s drying up here in Central Iowa… sort of.. The photo to the right was taken last weekend as some local heavy rain cells passed through Des Moines. When we first saw the rainbow, it was spanning the entire skyline. Just like a curtain being draw, the wall of rain began to overtake the rainbow. It’s just been […]
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Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 6/20/08
A funny thing happened the week after the flood water receded. Real estate business began to pick back up. Homes actually closed to be more exact. You see the Polk County recorder was at ground zero of the crest of the Des Moines river. The photo you see in this blog is a bunker of sandbags protecting the entrance to the basement […]
Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 6/13/08
In 1993, the city of Des Moines experienced a 100 year flood that took out the cities water supply for 12 days and crippled the city. This week we have experienced a 500 year flood. Heavy rain in western, northwestern & north central Iowa during the last week have caused the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers to overflow. […]