I suspicioned that Jason and Laura might be in the Des Moines area last night during the storm. They often go to Des Moines on Saturdays. So I had a bit of concern when the reports from there were bad. People were getting rescued from their cars. Over 10 inches of rain in Ankeny in a little over an hours time.
And then Jason called this morning and sure enough, they were in Des Moines during the deluge and he said it was bad. However, they use the WAZE APP and it was a good thing they do. He said they were taking an alternate route thinking they would get home quicker when the Waze app gave them a warning of "Hazard ahead" and sure enough the water was over the road and one car had been swept off the road and into the ditch. Against his mothers better judgment they went through the water and got through it okay. Perhaps they would have been going much faster without the warning and also been swept off. I don't know. He did say they did not go through any more water and stopped at a Casey Store for over an hour till the rain let up a bit. It was late when they got home. They did get home safely and WAZE was a help to them. I also have this app on my phone now. One year going South in these same kinds of conditions it would have been very helpful to know what was ahead of us.
Here is an article about Google Maps and Waze and the comparison of each. Bottom line? They both have their place,
https://www.greenbot.com/article/3188669/android/google-maps-vs-waze-which-should-be-your-go-to-map-app.html
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