keep it real.

this past week has been crazy! lots of blog worthy stuff.
but, i'd like to take a short second to give a shout out to my hometown.
i'm a small town south dakota girl where we get excited when they're fights at school and we leave our keys in our car during school.. its pretty low key and a simple life and i like it that way.
however, this weekend is the start of a very hectic time for dakota dunes/wynstone/north sioux city, south dakota.
the river is rising and they are planning on increasing the amount of water released from a dam up river three times in the next couple weeks, directly affecting us.
i don't like on the river but i live close and my neighbors on the river already have water in their backyard.
i have church family who is expecting to lose their basement and is evacuating. they cancelled church sunday and members sand bagged and helped get things out of resident's basements in preparation for the worst.
all of this is going on while all my family is in utah. my parents seem pretty calm about it all. it will be a while before it gets to us, but it is definitely a concern as they've been on and off the phone with neighbors and friends all day. 
it stinks being here and not being able to help. i love the place i grew up and i desperately want to be there helping. for now i'll send thoughts and prayers and hope for the best.

here are some links of what's going on, facebook and news websites are what i'm thriving off of for a sense of what is going on at home..

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/collection_260063e0-da3f-5b9e-b26d-449f4def695e.html#0

http://www.kmeg14.com/story/14747467/flooding-concerns-in-dakota-dunes-south-dakota




http://www.ktiv.com/story/14747742/sd-community-bracing-for-more-water-to-be-released-from-oahe-dam

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_6f3ce728-39ac-59bb-ac89-dc4f0a44e5d9.html

sorry i was too lazy to make the links look tidy.
anyways. crazy stuff man. crazy stuff.