Calm in a Crisis

This is the woman I want around when something goes wrong....

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — Margaret Clemmons stood barefoot on the shoulder of a highway and stared at the floodwaters surrounding her home.

"I believe it's going to call for new carpets," she said.

Violent storms ... um, stormed through the Midwest yesterday. My dad called about 2:00 pm central time and said the sky was dark enough in Green Bay that the solar lights in the yard turned on.

But I have a feeling our carpets are just fine.