New Year 2009

let's all hope that 2009 will be better than 2008. In my book, 2008 sucked. The worst part of the year was the flood in June. you might have heard of it on your local news. here in Iowa, Cedar Rapids (where I live), and Iowa city were probably the worst hit areas. also, as far as I know, the whole town of palo was flooded. The local newspaper and local news made a book and video/documentary about the flood in eastern Iowa, that explains a lot about the flood. the book and movie are called Epic Surge, and can be purchased at http://www.gazetteonline.com/ or at www.kcrg.com/epicsurge. I ordered both the book and the video before they were even released. I received them in either September or October, i don't remember, but I give them both an A+.

Another thing that I hated about 2008 was the reeeaallllyy high gas prices. Here in Cedar Rapids, the price per gallon (ppg) was close to $3.90, or even $4.00. I do remember the ppg on june 13, the day the flood destroyed Cedar Rapids, was about $3.80. the reason I remember, the sign is still up at one of the downtown gas stations. I was somewhat happy when the ppg just suddenly dropped to just under $2.00. hopefully it stays that way.

Jan 8, 2009