just this morning, i received this e-mail from dave and cheryl of northfield, minnesota. this is what it says. "dear amy: the political positioning and wrangling over the federal budget and debt ceiling limit has gone on long enough. it's time for our elected leaders to step up and resolve the debt ceiling and budget crisis in a mature, adult fashion. we realize that this is easier said than done, but after experiencing the shutdown of the state of minnesota, it is unconscionable to even have the possibility of the crisis that we will face as a nation if we don't raise our debt ceiling and begin reducing the deficit. we urge you and your colleagues to do all it takes to resolve this issue prior to the deadline. there has to be some compromise that can be identified. each side will need to give to make this happen. let's focus on the art of compromise and get this wrapped up. it's time to show the world that we are still a truly great nation and can step up to resolve the challenges placed before us. the greater good of the nation has to be placed as a top priority. hoping

and we could see a lit bit of flash flooding going on in parts of the freeway near northfield, even intoing the showers drift apart. some of these developing over some of the same places we saw rain. so it could give you flooding in some spots. it's not going to be massive, but still there is going to be the potential. another thing we're going to see is the possibility of storms redeveloping into the afternoon. extending from places like the western great lakes, clear across parts of the central and northern great plains. scattered storms possible across much of the four corners. the monsoon season, the wind-driven rain coming in from the gulf of california, in the pacific, it's the high-base thunderstorm, there could be a lot of lightning and with the rainfall, it could be torrential at times. so a lot of the dry arroyos you have in parts of new mexico and arizona, those could be filled up in the afternoon. very hot and steamedy in texas, could see some thunderstorms by the afternoon in parts of the southeast. let's talk about the temperatures, yesterday it was ridiculous with some of