There'll be lots of shovel work in Fargo this weekend...folks filling sandbags, preparing to defend the city against the predicted flood. 1.5 million sandbags, to start.
We've hefted more than a few over the years, growing up in this community. There's work to be done.... and this is how it goes hereabouts: Everybody, from bankers to students to Teamsters to ladies clubs. Everybody pitches in.
No dallying, no whining for a bonus, no what's in it for me...well, there was that cluster the last time that sat on their decks watching volunteers save their asses. But rumor is they didn't have what it took, riff raff, they're long gone. Along with a scurvy BCBS exec and his severance more lately. And good riddance. But that's another story.
Keep a good thought for Fargo and the small towns and cities up and down the basin of the Red River of the North. Floodwaters heading our way in coming days. We've been here before. We've kept 'em at bay. We will again.
And go, Bison!
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I lived in Fargo for 25 years, we are thinking about you up there. Go Bison
Just a thought: Maybe, you fine folks should think about building a levy system instead of doing the whole sandbag thing every so often?
Our Bison did us proud...first year of eligibility and the team made it to the big dance. The best is yet to come....
As for a levee system, we've had one in the works for some ten years, stymied by selfishness of a very few homeowners down in "richville."
It would be my preference to leave them on the river side of the dike.
That is an excellent idea. They think they can walk on water anyhow. . .
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