Name floods like we do hurricanes
We name hurricanes so that we can easily identify the event. Who doesn't know immediately what Katrina was all about? But what about just a plain old huge flood?
I suggest that we call this Iowa flood the "Iowater" or "Hiowater."
Kathy Gilroy
Villa Park
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