How High's The Water, Momma?

I knew it was getting bad in Iowa, but I didn't realize it was getting this bad:

Widespread flooding over the weekend threatened homes and businesses in many of the state's major cities and contributed to at least one death.

Mason City, with more than 27,000 people, was left without drinking water after the city's water treatment plant was flooded. Residents in the town were asked not to use tap water, and all restaurants were closed.

In Iowa City and Coralville, residents today start their fifth day of sandbagging - with the expectation that water levels may rise another 2 feet in the next 48 hours.

The flooding was the result of the 4 to 6 inches of rain dumped on much of Iowa during a 24-hour period Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday evening, National Weather Service flood warnings were in effect for 78 of Iowa's 99 counties.

Gov. Chet Culver put 31 counties under an emergency proclamation, which allows state resources to be used at no cost by local governments. He also on Sunday activated the state's emergency operations center to allow state agencies to coordinate their response to the flooding.

The floodwaters in Mason City, which also caused a breach in a levee, prompted the mayor to impose a state of emergency and a curfew.

No, no, no, no, no! You've got it all wrong!

Republican Karl Rove pointed his evil weather machine at Iowa and Dick Cheney had Halliburton come in to dynamite the levees as a way to get back at Iowa for propelling Barack Obama to be presumptive Democratic nominee for President.

I'm tellin' ya! I read it on that Internet thingee.