As a homeowner in Missouri, this is the kind of development that terrifies me and I'm not even interested in selling our home. It's possible that without intervention from Congress, it might get much harder to either buy or sell a home in Missouri starting in October.
You might want to locate your umbrella. There's no certainty at this point, but it looks like both Missouri and Illinois are going to see a lot of rain this week. If some computer models are accurate, some places could get drenched with up to 5 inches of rain between now and Friday.
If you live downstream from a certain reservoir in Washington County, Illinois, you may need to evacuate now as there are multiple dam failures which are causing massive flooding.
We know that life can be dangerous. I will admit that I didn't know that Wisconsin was in so much jeopardy though until I saw 12 somewhat terrifying risk assessment maps from FEMA about potential natural disasters.
I've been fairly accused of being a pessimistic person, but I'm wildly optimistic compared to a worst-case scenario model that shows Missouri could supposedly be underwater someday.
When I think about the biggest climate disasters, coastal areas that have been devastated by hurricanes come to mind, but did you know that it's Missouri and Illinois that rank above almost all other states when it comes to catastrophic (and costly) weather events?
Last week, we saw historic rainfall and flooding in the St. Louis, Missouri area. This week, it's Illinois. Some parts of the state on Tuesday had over a foot of rain recorded.