Well, the town of my Alma Mater was decimated last night as multiple tornadoes tore though Iowa City, Iowa. The Press-Citizen has some gnarly pictures of the calm after the storm, although I still haven't seen any good photos of the National Guard patrolling the downtown area. One of the authors over at RiskProf has a couple of neat photos...who knew there were fellow Hawkeyes authoring that blog!

The majority of my friends have solid insurance policies on cars and personal belongings, which has to be comforting after destruction like this. For those who don't, however, I imagine life isn't feeling too sweet right now.

Although, the Unviersity of Iowa cancelled classes today for the first time since Vietnam riots in the 60's, so I suppose students are using the time to get their affairs together. Just, you know, stop looting okay? Because kicking Iowa City when she's down just isn't cool.

The good news is, three counties so far have been declared disaster areas so hopefully the community will get the much needed assistance it deserves.