Dave is following the flood story on the Minnesota/ND border. What's going on in the Red River Valley is frightening. From south Fargo resident, Tim Corwin, in USA Today:
I've lived here 40 years and over a 30-minute span I've reached a point where I'm preparing to evacuate and expect never to sleep in my house again.
Can you imagine having to make a decision of that magnitude in that amount of time? One other observation from CrabAppleLane: The boneheads who want to chastise the residents of that area for living there and the other boneheads eager to point out the differences in this pending disaster with other disasters can all just go to hell. Where exactly is Safe, USA, and how many people can live there?
To Angela, Christina, & David
167 days until football season ...
Quote of the Day
The lesson here is that you're never safe. At least not in Fargo.
Mark McCourt - Fargo, North Dakota
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "The people of Fargo-Moorhead, along with volunteers from all over the country, have built 12 miles worth of sandbag dikes in just a few days. Keep them in your prayers."
You make an excellent point, never mind people who say, "But this is different," or "But that was different." Disaster is bad no matter where it happens and it brought tears to my eyes when I saw all those people working so hard. I hope it holds.
And another thing: people around the country are so good. They are coming from north, east, west and south. Amazing.
If you're not safe in Fargo...
Really, nowhere is entirely safe. What they are dealing with now in that area is unprecedented. Why that is and what can or should be done about it is for a later time. Thanks for the link, Rob.