Thank you for the kind words a number of people have listed. For those of you who beel the need to insult North Dakotans, you may have heard "Don't Mess with Texas" but the same is true for North Dakota. We live here because we want to live here. We help each other because we know that is the right thing to do. We wouldn't live in areas with smog, violence, and traffic jams, but we don't question your right to do so. Judge not lest ye be judged.
"the world is changed, I feel it in the water,
I feel it in the earth, I smell it in the air,
Much that once was, is lost, For none now live, who remember it." The Lord of the Rings
As I said earlier: this is probably Global Warming: Warming should result in more water vapor evaporated off the N Pacific Ocean. It also results in a stable high pressure forming over, or just off, California. The high pressure exists in summer: now it extends into the winter as well, forcing all that moisture up into Canada. After the Rockies, it comes back down onto the Great Plains and the Eastern U.S. Hence: record drought in the southwest and west. Record rain/snow in Canada and the Eastern Half of the U.S. (except Florida/S Georgia, etc which get drought). Also, Warming should result in snow melting earlier in the spring, more rapidly and catastrophically than in previous years. The lesson is: people along those rivers on the Great Plains ought to reinforce their levees permanently, as this problem is going to be showing up repeatedly this century.
Hey evilbusheviks I realize global warming is real. But you need to realize that most of the worlds population lives on some sort of flood plain. NYC, New Orleans, All of Floridia, hong Kong, Sydney, London, Denmark...I can go on. We live by the sea and rivers becuas we rely on them for food, water, and transportation.
To the morons that thought the disapearing of this region wouldnt have nationional impact. This is the most fertle soil in the world. When you eat sugar, ceral, potato chips, bread, use RFID tags, use electricity, fill your car with gas, go by a construction site with a Bobcat loader, See a Semi truck, Windtowers, or use some software made by Microsoft.....Guess where some or all of it comes from. Fargo and the surounding area. Dont be ignorant do some research.
In regards to the National Guard question....the govenor sends guard troops in at the request of the Mayor. The Mayor requested them and got them when the river was at 30 feet. Govenor Hoven has been in Fargo for two weeks to make sure Fargo gets what it needs.
To anyone who is involved in the flooding in or near the Red River, our prayers from here in Highland, Illinois are with you. The Ark is your neighbors and friends and indeed even strangers who are working together for your communities. We lived thru Hurricane Ivan in 2005 in Alabama, we know nature has a way of dealing out floods, winds and terrible human tragedies. Know that thousands of your fellow Americans are praying for all of you in this time of toll and trouble. You will find that like us when we weathered 132 mph winds in Hurricane Ivan, there will be thousands of people coming to help you when the flood waters are gone. You are not alone.
There are over 2,000 National Guard members from both North Dakota and Minnesota activated here in the Red River Valley - there have been approximately 1000 of them all week, with the rest here yesterday and today. FEMA has been in North Dakota since Monday, along with the Coast Guard, Border Patrol and many others...the Govenors, Congressman, and President Obama have been very involved in the flood fight. There are flood plains all over the US, just where do you think the majority of your food sources would come from if no one could inhabit the plains. I llive in Wahpeton ND at the head of the Red River, after the major flood in 1997 we did extensive work and our cities came through this flood very well. Unfortunately the Fargo-Moorhead has not been so lucky. Please don't criticize us for where we live - wouldn't you like to be somewhere where people are hard working, resilient, take care of each other, and (for the majority) are not critical of you for living where you do? Please keep North Dakota and Minnesota in your prayers..
Its great that you are covering this natural event. But what in the world is the field news casters up to. Who had the bright idea, of standing in a flooded river covered by ice. As a firefighter every year we have to rescue people out of simulator locations. Your news crews show this emergency every year. Then today twice I see a reporter standing waist deep in freezing water just to get the shot.... I hope you have great insurance coverage. What would happen when a **** lets go. We the rescuer would have to put our life on the line to rescue a dumb reporter that just wanted to get a shot. Someday I hope you get a clue! Rob
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I feel it in the earth, I smell it in the air,
Much that once was, is lost,
For none now live, who remember it." The Lord of the Rings
As I said earlier: this is probably Global Warming: Warming should result in more water vapor evaporated off the N Pacific Ocean. It also results in a stable high pressure forming over, or just off, California. The high pressure exists in summer: now it extends into the winter as well, forcing all that moisture up into Canada. After the Rockies, it comes back down onto the Great Plains and the Eastern U.S. Hence: record drought in the southwest and west. Record rain/snow in Canada and the Eastern Half of the U.S. (except Florida/S Georgia, etc which get drought). Also, Warming should result in snow melting earlier in the spring, more rapidly and catastrophically than in previous years. The lesson is: people along those rivers on the Great Plains ought to reinforce their levees permanently, as this problem is going to be showing up repeatedly this century.
To the morons that thought the disapearing of this region wouldnt have nationional impact. This is the most fertle soil in the world. When you eat sugar, ceral, potato chips, bread, use RFID tags, use electricity, fill your car with gas, go by a construction site with a Bobcat loader, See a Semi truck, Windtowers, or use some software made by Microsoft.....Guess where some or all of it comes from. Fargo and the surounding area. Dont be ignorant do some research.