Category: Iowa City

In March 2020, COVID19 ended up shutting most of the country down. Iowa City is usually a vibrant college town during the Spring. I took these pictures during a Saturday afternoon of a mostly empty Iowa City.

If you are moving to Iowa, you can now check out what areas of the state offer broadband coverage via ConnectIowa.org and their online interactive map. Just input an address and see what ISPs are available in that area.

Personally I am still waiting on Qwest to update our ADSL connection. The other choice is MediaCom cable which offers faster connections.

Update…

You can now get a good overview of what connection speeds really look like by viewing your area at Net Index. Their map shows information collected from SpeedTest.net, so these are real world speeds.

Just when you think it is over, February comes and it hits us with seven inches of snow. I managed to shovel most of it yesterday afternoon and felt a little adventurous and went for a ride in the pickup truck… only to find myself not going up a hill! I ended up backing down the hill and sticking to main roads in Iowa City, but needless to say, all roads were pretty bad yesterday during the peak of the storm. On Gilbert Street, right pass the railroad bridge, the police were trying to help out, as a Trailways passenger bus found itself sliding backwards. Schools in Iowa City were definitely closed today. The storm was not as bad as the one that hit during the Christmas break, but this time around, everyone is in town and people have to get to work. It was a pretty good snow storm and not too cold to enjoy it, that is if you don’t have to drive anywhere.