Apes Watch Iowa Floodwaters from on High
My first thought was, "that's not a very nice thing to say about Iowans", but I read on and learned that Iowa is actually the home of North America's lead orangutan and bonobo research centers. Research has been at a standstill with the rising water.
I don't mean to make light of an ongoing catastrophe, merely to comment that science and technology are wonderful things, but apparently we're still beholden to natural disasters. Decorah, Iowa, issued an order to its citizens to not flush their toilets for fear that the sanitary system might fail. And it got me to thinking. Today it is virtually impossible to get around in life without a cell phone. Ten years ago this wasn't the case, but today we take that technology for granted. My grandparents have a cellphone. It's considered a necessity.
And I imagine suddenly having to do without a flushing toilet might change one's perspective on that.
The good news is that, thanks to the experience with rising rivers in 1993, Iowans have been better-prepared for this flood and a lot of the potential damage has been averted (although a lot of damage has still occurred). The estimated death toll is between 1 and 6, which is pretty encouraging as disasters go. Also, the citizens of Decorah are allowed to flush their toilets again (albeit they're encouraged to do so carefully... whatever that might mean), and the apes, well, the apes are just fine.
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