Did you use a lot of cornstarch? (My problem, with apple pies, is an allegiance to juicy apples, which inevitably means the juices overflow the crust and go running everywhere.)

I didn't use cornstarch. I used a little bit of flour and sugar, but that's it.

Now that the pie has cooled in the fridge overnight, the crust on the bottom isn't so bad. Guess what I'm having for breakfast? Yes, pie! It's no worse than a muffin I figure.

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Well, it's been an interesting morning already. Last night - after waiting for a bus for almost an hour - I went back to my office where I, luckily, found a ride home. The Kishwaukee River was already over it's banks. And this morning, I missed the bus, met my friend Liz and we walked toward work. We got to the river and it was up well over it's banks. We could see water sloshing over the sidewalks. Luckily a geology grad student was there taking pictures of the river. He offered us a ride (he's got an suv with good clearance) which we took. He told us that the river was at 15 feet this morning. 10 feet is flood level. Local schools aren't having class today due to flooded streets.

But I'm here now - - I hope I can get home tonight.

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No flooding in Evanston that I've seen, but our internet is down. Our whole area is out. Boo!

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I hear that my boss's house is flooded.

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Oh, the Mississippi may flood:

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MUSCATINE.
* FROM MONDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS

CANCELLED.

• AT 6:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
  * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
  * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
  * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE

TO RISE TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

• IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...WATER AFFECTS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE

RIVERSIDE PARK PARKING LOT.

And here is the Kish's:

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR

THE SOUTH BRANCH KISHWAUKEE RIVER AT DE KALB.

• UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
• AT 415 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
  
• MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
• FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
  
• FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.4 FEET BY THIS

AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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No flooding around me. But a bar stool I had standing about six feet from the windows had a pool of water in the seat when I got home last night, so you can see how strong the rain was.

Naturally, I was up on the roof of the new place with the home inspector during part of this storm last night. Fun!

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BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE!!

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We just got an official university message about flooded parking on the east side of campus. Meanwhile the two major all-campus events that were supposed to happen have been cancelled. I wonder if they're really going to have Cornfest this year.

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This website for the Cornfest 10K race has pictures of the flooded course. (Why the race is cancelled.)

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We had dinner at the Zukey Lake Tavern [link] which sits right on Zukey Lake. Watching the storm come across the lake from Chicago was terrifying and thrilling. SHEETS of rain, magnificent lightning, and the click click click of hail.

It was Craxy.

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