A year of odd weather....record snowfall totals last winter and now record rainfalls for the month of June. A week or so back I read about 10" of rain in Indiana and thought, "how does the land possibly cope with that much rain in a short amount of time". Last weekend, we found out. It doesn't.

I'm counting my blessings that I live on the top of a hill and my sump pump is holding. That is, I live at the peak of the subcontinental divide where the water either goes to the Mississippi or to the Great Lakes. Those living down the hill in both directions and down stream aren't faring as well. I feel bad for them and another inch or so of rain coming.

As a cyclist, reading the road closures is like reading past cue sheets. A lot of those beautiful roads are under water or under threat. No matter how far society progresses technologically, Mother Nature likes to remind us that she is still in control. OK, I think we got the message.