According to an article by Grant Schulte, Iowan farmers are having to remove layers upon layers of sand from their farms after a flood of the Mississippi river covered their farms. It's actually a pretty big problem as the sand has to be removed before any of the plants can hope to grow again as sand doesn't have the necessary nutrients for plants to grow. When I read this article I was a little shocked. If I was an Iowan farmer I would be really surprised/angry to wake up one day and find my field covered in sand rendering everything useless. I hope that they are able to remove all the sand quickly and that it doesn't cause irreparable damage. I think it's hard as a Farifax County student to understand what it is like to grow plants for a living and as such it is difficult to truly understand what these farmers are going through, but I know that what's at stake here is their livelihood and it's kind of scary to think about.