Here's some information to focus the mind: NOAA data show that the number of storms in Iowa in the last decade is 6 times what is was in the decade of 1980-1989

Graph of Storm Events in Iowa over Time (h/t Harold Hensel)

from Iowa City Climate Advocates, posted on November 21, 2011 by admin

Here is a graph of storm data gleaned from the NOAA National Climatic Data Center (U.S. Department of Commerce). What this graph obviously shows is that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a fringe left-wing organization using taxpayer money to say that the sky is falling because they are anti-business and hate America…Right?

Link to the NOAA site: http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms

http://iowa-city-climate-advocates.org/2011/11/21/graph-of-storm-events-in-iowa-over-time/