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Bone-chilling adventure trying to cover Kamala Harris in Iowa
Elena Schneider @ec_schneiderI want people to know that there are good people in the world that would take a stranger in ... God put us on this earth for a reason. We should all take care of each other.
Love this @ccadelago dispatch from Iowa:
BUCKINGHAM, Iowa
___ We met serendipitously only a few hours earlier. The Shocks welcomed me to their home, my teeth chattering after I slammed my rental car into a snow drift on a closed road a few hundred feet away. The walk by this native Californian to their door in 12-degree, blizzard conditions was brutal: I was wearing a thin jacket, and no boots or gloves.
I was on my way to watch Kamala Harris shake hands with folks like the Shocks at a coffee shop in Waterloo; then on to a nearby Baptist church, and a town hall in Bettendorf. Janet wasnt surprised the campaign scratched the coffee and church from its Sunday schedule because the roads were so dire.
The drive from Buckingham to Bettendorf is 140 miles; and the street where my car was stuck the only way out was blocked by a head-on collision on one side and an overturned semi on the other. While we got to know each other in their kitchen, Mike pulled on several layers of clothes, warmed up the truck and prepared his snow plow...
Anyone familiar with Iowans wont be surprised by their generosity. Over 12 hours, they fed me; pulled my Nissan Maxima out of the middle of the road and into their driveway; and good-naturedly refreshed a website that monitors closures. Mike taught me some about farming, from the utility of corn crib barns to the process of detasseling, removing the immature pollen-producing bodies, or tassels, from the tops of corn plants.
read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/25/kamala-harris-iowa-1183599
Christopher Cadelago @ccadelago 21h21 hours ago
Thread: So, I ran my car into a massive snow drift on a closed road in Buckingham, IA. Got stuck and had to trek in the snow 12 degrees; though it felt like -8.
An extremely nice couple let me in; at 9 a.m. And Im still here.
They own a plow, and after several minutes of digging the car out of the snow in a blizzard, ended up pulling the car out of the middle of the road and parking it in their driveway.
Im learning about corn crib barns, farming, and how a local Mexican joint cuts its tequila with everclear.
They put on a pot of chili. Theres been some discussion about watching the Oscars.
UPDATE: Had a missed call. Checked the vm, and it was from @KamalaHarris. Chris, its Kamala, she said, letting out a big laugh. So I hear you got the Iowa version of AAA. Good thing you have that chili friend. Were going to miss you in Bettendorf, but Im glad youre safe.
4:43 PM - 24 Feb 2019
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Bone-chilling adventure trying to cover Kamala Harris in Iowa (Original Post)
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Feb 2019
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honest.abe
(8,678 posts)1. She looks like she is having fun!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)2. "Iowa version of AAA"
Perfect
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)3. I love my state.
It's full of people like this.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden