tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post2855114254758175895..comments2008-06-12T15:47:05.834-04:00TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-59101606867245617962008-06-12T15:47:00.000-04:002008-06-12T15:47:00.000-04:00That's sad, I feel bad for those people. Can't imagine being flooded out of home.TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-6532356802598305582008-06-12T15:20:00.000-04:002008-06-12T15:20:00.000-04:00http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25020185<BR/>Iowa levee breaks near city, thousands evacuate<BR/>Cedar Rapids also loses power; nine Iowa rivers at or near record levels<BR/><BR/><BR/>City workers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, use sandbags to fight rising floodwaters from sewers on Thursday. 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Colleges are shut down, stores, it's devastating," said Lisa Fox, vice president of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry. <BR/><BR/>Story continues below ↓<BR/>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR/>advertisement<BR/><BR/>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR/><BR/>"Cedar Rapids is completely shut down," she said of Iowa's second-largest city, where around 100 city blocks were flooded and a rail bridge collapsed. "It's going to be a long-term recovery." <BR/><BR/>The evacuations in Cedar Rapids, population 120,000, followed a round earlier Thursday when some residents of Iowa City and Cedar Bluffs were also told to head for higher ground. <BR/><BR/>Cedar Rapids' power is out for most of downtown, complicating rescue efforts, city spokesman Dave Koch told NBC News. <BR/><BR/>"We’re seeing very substantial flooding," added Craig Hanson, the city’s public works maintenance manager.<BR/><BR/>Cedar Rapids firemen have been organizing boat rescues of stranded residents, Koch said. <BR/><BR/>The new evacuations follow a 150-foot breach in an earthen levee early Thursday. <BR/><BR/>If flooding continues, Koch said, Highway 30 will likely be shut down where it intersects the Cedar River. <BR/><BR/>The Cedar and other rivers across flood-ravaged Iowa continue to rise after more rain overnight and into Thursday. <BR/><BR/><BR/> Click for related content <BR/>4 deaths reported as tornado hits Scout camp<BR/>FirstPerson: Help us report from the scene<BR/>FirstPerson: Your flooding images<BR/>TODAY: 'We have nothing,' family says<BR/>Check weather and forecasts around the world <BR/><BR/><BR/>5 inches overnight<BR/>Storms brought up to 5 inches of rain across west central Iowa early Thursday — primarily in the Raccoon River basin. <BR/><BR/>The Raccoon River meets the Des Moines River in downtown Des Moines. <BR/><BR/> <BR/>An army of sandbagging volunteers continued to wage a battle against the state's rising rivers. Gov. Chet Culver has declared 55 of the state's 99 counties as disaster areas. Nine rivers are at or above historic flood levels. <BR/><BR/>Meteorologist Rod Donavon of the National Weather Service said the water flowing into the Raccoon River "is a concern" as it makes its way toward Des Moines. <BR/><BR/>Hundreds of people in Cedar Rapids and small towns evacuated on Wednesday. A tornado in the western part of Iowa late Wednesday killed four Boy Scouts and injured dozens. <BR/><BR/>"This has been a remarkable onslaught of weather — everything from flooding, unbelievable rain and of course tornadoes — all descending at once," Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff told reporters near the scout camp. <BR/><BR/>Chertoff said government relief would be forthcoming but the department also needed to keep some resources in reserve with the onset of hurricane season. <BR/><BR/>Officials hoped sandbags would hold back floodwaters slowly moving south and eventually into the Mighty Mississippi. <BR/><BR/>In the town of Vinton Wednesday, inmates in black-and-white striped uniforms were rescued from a jail by boat as the raging Cedar River flooded the town and forced evacuations, there and in nearby Waterloo. <BR/><BR/>Officials in Wisconsin also monitored dams and high water in Indiana burst a levee Wednesday, flooding a vast stretch of farmland. In Minnesota and North Dakota, strong winds closed a highway. <BR/><BR/>CONTINUED: Corn prices keep risingDr. Baugushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03051515116594443127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-24503586749162050612008-06-12T13:42:00.000-04:002008-06-12T13:42:00.000-04:00its a cramer fave that's why its up..sometimes they move just cuz he says the name! <BR/>dr. b<BR/>the koolaid maker.Dr. Baugushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03051515116594443127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-77939037915073220132008-06-12T11:34:00.000-04:002008-06-12T11:34:00.000-04:00the link is in your first linked article<BR/><BR/>"Caterpillar, based in Peoria, Illinois, also said it would stop supplying engines to other on-highway truckmakers, starting with the introduction of engines designed to comply with 2010 U.S. clean-air rules. It said it would begin developing engines in partnership with Navistar.<BR/><BR/>Uncertainty has surrounded Caterpillar's on-highway diesel engine business for more than a year, after problems associated with powerplants designed to meet tough 2007 U.S. clean-air rules allowed Caterpillar rival Cummins Inc (CMI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to gain a big share of the North American market."<BR/><BR/>opens to door for CMIhrs0944http://www.blogger.com/profile/09986838112144909482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-82738464392281181492008-06-12T11:31:00.000-04:002008-06-12T11:31:00.000-04:00heard something to the effect that CAT was having problems meeting somebody's emissions regulations and had therefore issued a statement that it would no longer supply "certified" engines to equipment manufacturers<BR/><BR/>i'll post a link it i find onehrs0944http://www.blogger.com/profile/09986838112144909482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-64098668951456719502008-06-12T11:19:00.000-04:002008-06-12T11:19:00.000-04:00Yes, hoping for mid 60s as I wrote in my last entry. I think I literally said this could be 65 very easily; its among the most volatile stocks in the universe. Or any universe for that matter. Hence technical analysis seems a bit useless on it.TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-19812647261781731442008-06-12T11:17:00.000-04:002008-06-12T11:17:00.000-04:00what are you feeling about drys this morning, do you plan on adding any more as it continues to go down?One step closer to Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12039738162667681225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-5019299784634820402008-06-12T10:38:00.000-04:002008-06-12T10:38:00.000-04:00Hey Mark- CMI must be up due to the Cat/Navistar deal as you mentioned and I imagine maybe the spike in CMI is in response to the Joint Venture's trucks not hitting the road until 2010- Good job on the CMI stake!Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057108021087344795noreply@blogger.com