Talk:June 2008 Midwest floods

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[edit] Opening Paragraph

Is this talking about the 10 inches that some in Paragon, Indiana received on 6/7 (and the rain in the region on that date), or another event earlier in the week? I don't want to change the date if it refers to an event that I'm not aware of. -- Me^Holla! 19:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I took everything out of the news articles on referenced. It didnt state where specifically the ten inches received was, just that some places had ten inches. Feel free to update with whatever info you can find. Charles Edward 19:36, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Will do. -- Me^Holla! 19:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Expand to include rest of Midwest?

I strongly suggest such action since simultaneous events took place with flooding in Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. I think this option would be more viable than building a separate article for the others. The flooding is a result of multiple storm systems and I'm sure Indiana's going to get more in the coming days. This event is very similar to 2007 Midwest flooding  — master son^{T - C} 17:37, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree, while other states have not been as strongly affected as Indiana, the broader storm has caused death and damage in other states in the upper midwest. At least one is dead in Michigan and another in Illinois and another in Iowa, i think i read 8 it total. Plus tornadoes in WI,iowa, MI, and MO. I would suggest June 2008 Midwest Flood we could always rename it later. Charles Edward

I moved the article and subbed all of Indiana's info and started sections for the other states i have read about in the references. Charles Edward 18:06, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good - I'll There are a boatload of details about WI, IA, MI floods all over the National Weather Service site.

• La Crosse, WI Office details on floods in parts of MN, IA, WI
• Milwaukee (Sullivan), WI Records broken by floods this weekend

There's more than likely more to come. I'll add this later in the week since I have long days the next few days.  — master son^{T - C} 19:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infoboxes

I added a general infobox for the entire, merged article, and boxes for each state to be updated. The latter states need a picture specific to their state, if available, as well as their information updated. -- Me^Holla! 11:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Do we really need all of those infoboxes?  — master son^{T - C} 11:51, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes. When the other sections of the article are expanded, it will look better. -- Me^Holla! 11:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] See Also Section

It would be nice if there was a section that includes links to the associated weather phenomena; there is a significant tornado outbreak article that basically covers the same storms that are causing the flooding in the Midwest. --12.217.237.175 (talk) 20:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Done :) Charles Edward 22:39, 10 June 2008 (UTC)