So, in light of our water problems that Plonq posted about, I am hoping two things ( Read more... )

The weather has been perfectly shitty for the last 24 hours, and it doesn't stand to improve for a while ( Read more... )

Yesterday when we came home, our street was filled with news trucks that all had their satellite dishes up.

Why?

Well, there's a good chance that we're going to see some serious flooding this spring, and we live a stone's throw away from the river. Parts of our neighborhood flood almost every spring ( Read more... )

Last week, the hydrologists in North Dakota were all rainbows and buttercups about the flood forecast. Earlier this week, however, they changed their tune because they had "found some more water." (Found it? Under a rock?) So, the sandbags came out. The Red was supposed to crest in Fargo today, and in Grand Forks today or tomorrow ( Read more... )