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1d4chan>Piroko: /* Central Iowa */

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Central Iowa

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	-Recovered from the corpse of a man floating in the Gulf of Mexico near Alabama.		-Recovered from the corpse of a man floating in the Gulf of Mexico near Alabama.

			==Kalona, Amana, and Surrounding Areas==
			Two years have passed since the lord's judgement fell upon mankind. But by divine providence, we the god-fearing righteous have endured. While all society crumbled, the wisdom of our forefathers was tested and proven.

			-Excerpt from Mennonite sermon on the second anniversary of the reckoning

			The circumstances of the Mennonite Miracle were unique to that locale and seldom observed further east. The presence of a large, distributed Amish population combined with adequate breeding stock of horses and livestock, and sufficient local-grid wind generation to keep grain elevators and water pumping operation meant that the immediate danger was constrained to human competition rather than than systemic collapse. But often overlooked was the parallel presence of the Amana Colonies. At first glance, the Amanas should have succumbed to collapse like all other small towns. But the existence of the Amana Society and it's collectivist system of land utilization provided a structure that could readily adapt to Amish methods once it became clear that survival would require such solutions.

			-Excerpt from "After the Fall", approximately 80 years post-incident

	=Forest City=		=Forest City=

1d4chan>Saladofstones at 00:16, 22 April 2016

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	Addendum: information gleaned from debriefings suggests that these "scavengers" were in fact deserters from the 133rd and 168th Infantry Units, possibly armed from the remains of the nearby Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. If in fact two of the most combat-experienced elements in the state's National Guard structure have gone rogue, operations in central and western Iowa will be curtailed pending investigation of potential widespread anarchy among remaining military forces there. Confirmation awaiting return of Gray Dawn Irregulars and their survey of assets along the Mississippi river valley.		Addendum: information gleaned from debriefings suggests that these "scavengers" were in fact deserters from the 133rd and 168th Infantry Units, possibly armed from the remains of the nearby Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. If in fact two of the most combat-experienced elements in the state's National Guard structure have gone rogue, operations in central and western Iowa will be curtailed pending investigation of potential widespread anarchy among remaining military forces there. Confirmation awaiting return of Gray Dawn Irregulars and their survey of assets along the Mississippi river valley.

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71.192.10.129 at 22:22, 15 October 2012

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	I never saw Mason City when I was at Waldorf. I had an art assignment to go to the Mason City museum, but being totally new to the area, I blew it off.		I never saw Mason City when I was at Waldorf. I had an art assignment to go to the Mason City museum, but being totally new to the area, I blew it off.

	I know Mason City was pretty well developed. They had a rail interchange yard, ~~atleast~~. That would probably make it somewhat significant to the new government types. Many rail lines are still open and running. Nothing like the freight traffic before, but two trains a week isn't too bad considering what has happened to our nation.		I know Mason City was pretty well developed. They had a rail interchange yard, at least. That would probably make it somewhat significant to the new government types. Many rail lines are still open and running. Nothing like the freight traffic before, but two trains a week isn't too bad considering what has happened to our nation.

	=Des Moines=		=Des Moines=

1d4chan>LoneSniperSG at 05:22, 14 July 2012

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	'''Post-Nuke Journal #2'''		'''Post-Nuke Journal #2'''

			'''November 20th'''

	I remember Waldorf college. I spent a year there after high school; and wasted $12,000 for nothing. I know five years after I attended the college shut down in bankruptcy.. and I'm sure most of Forest City sank with it. I often wonder now if anyone there is alive. I doubt it.. Forest City was so small. Anyone living there probably opted for the 20-mile trip north-east to Mason City.		I remember Waldorf college. I spent a year there after high school; and wasted $12,000 for nothing. I know five years after I attended the college shut down in bankruptcy.. and I'm sure most of Forest City sank with it. I often wonder now if anyone there is alive. I doubt it.. Forest City was so small. Anyone living there probably opted for the 20-mile trip north-east to Mason City.

			=Mason City=

			'''Post-Nuke Journal #2'''

			'''November 20th'''

			I never saw Mason City when I was at Waldorf. I had an art assignment to go to the Mason City museum, but being totally new to the area, I blew it off.

			I know Mason City was pretty well developed. They had a rail interchange yard, atleast. That would probably make it somewhat significant to the new government types. Many rail lines are still open and running. Nothing like the freight traffic before, but two trains a week isn't too bad considering what has happened to our nation.

	=Des Moines=		=Des Moines=

1d4chan>LoneSniperSG: /* Forest City */

2012-07-14T05:17:35Z

Forest City

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	'''Post-Nuke Journal #2'''		'''Post-Nuke Journal #2'''

	I remember Waldorf college. I spent a year there after high school; and wasted $12,000 for nothing. I know five years after I attended the college shut down in bankruptcy.. and I'm sure most of Forest City sank with it. I often wonder now if anyone there is alive. I doubt it.. Forest City was so small. Anyone living there probably the 20-mile trip north-east to Mason City.		I remember Waldorf college. I spent a year there after high school; and wasted $12,000 for nothing. I know five years after I attended the college shut down in bankruptcy.. and I'm sure most of Forest City sank with it. I often wonder now if anyone there is alive. I doubt it.. Forest City was so small. Anyone living there probably opted for the 20-mile trip north-east to Mason City.

	=Des Moines=		=Des Moines=

1d4chan>LoneSniperSG at 05:16, 14 July 2012

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	-Recovered from the corpse of a man floating in the Gulf of Mexico near Alabama.		-Recovered from the corpse of a man floating in the Gulf of Mexico near Alabama.

			=Forest City=

			'''Post-Nuke Journal #2'''

			I remember Waldorf college. I spent a year there after high school; and wasted $12,000 for nothing. I know five years after I attended the college shut down in bankruptcy.. and I'm sure most of Forest City sank with it. I often wonder now if anyone there is alive. I doubt it.. Forest City was so small. Anyone living there probably the 20-mile trip north-east to Mason City.

	=Des Moines=		=Des Moines=

74.197.126.49: /* Central Iowa */

2008-11-11T01:34:23Z

Central Iowa

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	Well, the plains certainly are open, now. Those strong lake winds dusted every cornfield and pasture with fallout from the hot zones out east, and both of the state's major rivers are toxic, the whole of the Mississippi and the Missouri south of Omaha, at least. The crops have withered, and almost anything edible's been picked over by scavengers and blight. Everything's gone except for scrubby ground cover that I presume might purge this land in a decade or so. I don't know, I'm not a biologist. I can't help but pretend like this desolation is all for some purpose.		Well, the plains certainly are open, now. Those strong lake winds dusted every cornfield and pasture with fallout from the hot zones out east, and both of the state's major rivers are toxic, the whole of the Mississippi and the Missouri south of Omaha, at least. The crops have withered, and almost anything edible's been picked over by scavengers and blight. Everything's gone except for scrubby ground cover that I presume might purge this land in a decade or so. I don't know, I'm not a biologist. I can't help but pretend like this desolation is all for some purpose.

	I guess it doesn't help that most people are gone. Many of the small towns that speckled the countryside just packed up and left wholesale, after pillaging the local WalMart for supplies. That's community for you, I guess. I hear in other places there are riots and bandits, but I haven't seen much of that here apart from the occasional hoodlum trying to get his. They pick over the remains of the migrant towns and steer clear of ~~thers~~, where the burnt-out WalMarts and hobbyshops hide a community gone to ground, to grow small crops in makeshift greenhouses and live off of canned goods until the seeds they've squirrelled away in a dozen basements become useful again.		I guess it doesn't help that most people are gone. Many of the small towns that speckled the countryside just packed up and left wholesale, after pillaging the local WalMart for supplies. That's community for you, I guess. I hear in other places there are riots and bandits, but I haven't seen much of that here apart from the occasional hoodlum trying to get his. They pick over the remains of the migrant towns and steer clear of others, where the burnt-out WalMarts and hobbyshops hide a community gone to ground, to grow small crops in makeshift greenhouses and live off of canned goods until the seeds they've squirrelled away in a dozen basements become useful again.

	I am writing this here from one of these remaining collectives, lodged in the cinders of a town called Newton about fifty miles outside Des Moines. It lies along an old highway that used to be I-80 when cars drove on it, but now all it sees are the occasionally travellers from the anarchic ruins of Iowa City, Des Moines, and further east, passing through towns like Ames and Davenport looking for a new home or maybe just plunder.		I am writing this here from one of these remaining collectives, lodged in the cinders of a town called Newton about fifty miles outside Des Moines. It lies along an old highway that used to be I-80 when cars drove on it, but now all it sees are the occasionally travellers from the anarchic ruins of Iowa City, Des Moines, and further east, passing through towns like Ames and Davenport looking for a new home or maybe just plunder.

74.197.126.49: /* Central Iowa */

2008-11-11T01:33:29Z

Central Iowa

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	Well, the plains certainly are open, now. Those strong lake winds dusted every cornfield and pasture with fallout from the hot zones out east, and both of the state's major rivers are toxic, the whole of the Mississippi and the Missouri south of Omaha, at least. The crops have withered, and almost anything edible's been picked over by scavengers and blight. Everything's gone except for scrubby ground cover that I presume might purge this land in a decade or so. I don't know, I'm not a biologist. I can't help but pretend like this desolation is all for some purpose.		Well, the plains certainly are open, now. Those strong lake winds dusted every cornfield and pasture with fallout from the hot zones out east, and both of the state's major rivers are toxic, the whole of the Mississippi and the Missouri south of Omaha, at least. The crops have withered, and almost anything edible's been picked over by scavengers and blight. Everything's gone except for scrubby ground cover that I presume might purge this land in a decade or so. I don't know, I'm not a biologist. I can't help but pretend like this desolation is all for some purpose.

	I guess it doesn't help that most people are gone. Many of the small towns that speckled the countryside just packed up and left wholesale, after pillaging the local WalMart for supplies. That's community for you, I guess. I hear in other places there are riots and bandits, but I haven't seen much of that here apart from the ~~occasionally~~ hoodlum trying to get his. They pick over the remains of the migrant towns and steer clear of thers, where the burnt-out WalMarts and hobbyshops hide a community gone to ground, to grow small crops in makeshift greenhouses and live off of canned goods until the seeds they've squirrelled away in a dozen basements become useful again.		I guess it doesn't help that most people are gone. Many of the small towns that speckled the countryside just packed up and left wholesale, after pillaging the local WalMart for supplies. That's community for you, I guess. I hear in other places there are riots and bandits, but I haven't seen much of that here apart from the occasional hoodlum trying to get his. They pick over the remains of the migrant towns and steer clear of thers, where the burnt-out WalMarts and hobbyshops hide a community gone to ground, to grow small crops in makeshift greenhouses and live off of canned goods until the seeds they've squirrelled away in a dozen basements become useful again.

	I am writing this here from one of these remaining collectives, lodged in the cinders of a town called Newton about fifty miles outside Des Moines. It lies along an old highway that used to be I-80 when cars drove on it, but now all it sees are the occasionally travellers from the anarchic ruins of Iowa City, Des Moines, and further east, passing through towns like Ames and Davenport looking for a new home or maybe just plunder.		I am writing this here from one of these remaining collectives, lodged in the cinders of a town called Newton about fifty miles outside Des Moines. It lies along an old highway that used to be I-80 when cars drove on it, but now all it sees are the occasionally travellers from the anarchic ruins of Iowa City, Des Moines, and further east, passing through towns like Ames and Davenport looking for a new home or maybe just plunder.