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Author Archives: Jeff
Apr
21
License Plate Letters — BAA
Sadly, these are not reserved for sheep owners. It took six months to get through the new A’s. Why so long? Two likely explanations: Anyone with an April through September or October registration (along with late March renewers) who still … Continue reading
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Apr
19
The League of Legendary Leaders
will split into East and West divisions in 2014, and in a shocking development, the seven westernmost teams will be in the West. (Nice Friday night sports dump, guys.) This, however, will remain funny:
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Apr
19
Mmm…pi
Des Moines got a record 3.14 inches of rain for April 17 on Wednesday. To add a little perspective on this, its wettest April day ever was April 28, 1974 with 3.8 inches.
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Apr
18
Drought buster
Nearly all of Tama County is now at normal moisture conditions, according to the Drought Monitor – and that doesn’t include any rain since Tuesday morning. Now the eastern third of the state is normal, and only an area around … Continue reading
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Apr
17
Manitoba 75 now joins I-29
May 10, 2007: This is the only Manitoba Highway 29 shield ever posted…and now it’s gone. When the northernmost part of I-29 opened in North Dakota, it took away traffic from one of the busiest port of entry stations in … Continue reading
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Apr
15
IA 86 closed to rebuild state line curves
The section of IA 86 north of IA 9 wasn’t built as a state highway. It wasn’t taken over until 1981. Since then, the tight curves that mark a shift in section lines at the state line have remained. The … Continue reading
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Apr
14
Football coach rankings
In all but approximately a dozen places in the country, four losses year in and year out is likely to result in a building named after you, because it means 9 or 10 wins every season. But in an entry regarding … Continue reading
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Apr
14
101 years later, April 14 is a Sunday again
(The moment occurred 12 hours after this post. Well, nine hours, adjusting for time zones.)
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Apr
13
Southwest Arterial: The last white whale of Iowa roads?
US 52’s future may be in a short-lived piece of its past. (1965 state map) It took half a century, but the most significant portions of Iowa’s 1968 freeway/expressway plan have been realized or put perceptibly on track. There are … Continue reading
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Apr
12
Getting wetter
Much of Tama County has now been upgraded to “abnormally dry” while farther east, the drought is “over” inasmuch as there are “normal conditions.” This week’s rain will shrink the red and orange areas even more.
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