Hosting some 20, 000 RAGBRAI riders for the in a single day keep on July twenty eighth in Charles City is a problem in and of itself. Imagine if a extreme thunderstorm or twister is added to the combination.
Tom Bock and Drew Mitchell head up the Charles City RAGBRAI extreme climate preparedness committee.
Bock says they’ve church buildings and several other massive amenities able to shelter riders within the occasion Mother Nature wheels in with wild climate.
Bock provides that monitoring the climate for RAGBRAI is a round the clock endeavor.
Bike rider or not, Mitchell, additionally the Floyd County Emergency Management Director, advises getting signed up for Alert Iowa, the statewide emergency notification system, which might be personalized to your space.
For the newest RAGBRAI updates and data, go to the Charles City RAGBRAI Facebook web page.