Blair community sees homes, farmland flooded as Missouri River continues to rise

Members of the Blair community are watching as some of their homes and buildings go underwater.

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[@Darin970]

Once a riverbed always a riverbed.

[@scottscouter1065]

AMEN!

[@Sushi2735]

This is heartbreaking! As far as the eye can see, water!! Crops, farms homes. Simply crushing!

[@pohanahawaii]

🐖🐂🐔 What about all the poor animals, wildlife and pets? Are they ok? 🐾

[@shoebill181]

I think we we will be seeing the effects of this in the grocery store for a long time.

[@scottrayhons2537]

Ya, you're right. Prices in the grocery stores will drop...Grain prices have dropped a buck a bushel in the last month. Record rains brings record grains. Ask USDA.

[@beetfarmerbryce9916]

@@scottrayhons2537yeah looks pretty bearish. Rain makes grain

[@fungipolo]

You know what happens in flood plains...they flood!😂

[@toscatattertail9813]

Iowa needs to do better about helping the farrmers in the loveland, honey creek , Mo Valley area protect their land.

[@scottscouter1065]

@@toscatattertail9813 Those are proud, strong Americans. They don't need or want any help from any government, particularly the FEDS and FEMA

[@beetfarmerbryce9916]

Rain makes grain, looks like another record crop coming

[@user-qn5os9gq8i]

Tat water is running kinda slow , it’s almost a week ago wen we had all tat rain in South Dakota

[@marilynwright7212]

These are biblical times...

[@AlbertHess-xy7ky]

Bible Babble Bullshit

[@geoffreykeating8172]

Scary stuff 😮 and more heavy rain forecasted , be safe 😮

[@susantaylor4018]

Talk about beach front property

[@Dave-eu3ib]

What a mess

[@tomhammer1784]

FOX News says it is only weather.

[@johnhishon4795]

Yeah cause floods didn't happen before the industrial revolution.

[@raymondsullivan7230]

Looks like a lot of water to me and lots more coming RPS 111

[@mcfly4706]

Isn’t it summer time? 😂

[@s0uljer]

Yup eternity is about to start

[@frankmacleod2565]

see, we told you sea level would rise

[@steveconnolly7129]

Time to rebuild the river levees,and its not getting any better either,the whole section from the dam by yanton to the missipp river,if a fed agt see's and says its a big prob,it must be a big problem??but im not the one in charge lil miss nature has a sayso too

[@toscatattertail9813]

this flooding is from the Missouri River, the Mississippi is on the eastern border of the state.

[@steveconnolly7129]

@@toscatattertail9813 yah the levee along the missouri to the missip river is what i meant,i live a mile from the missoruri river

[@AE-sy1pn]

Time to pick up and move. Prolonging the inevitable