Story of the day: The river's rising...

In a horrible spat of weather, the Red River in North Dakota is overflowing due to heavy snows over this winter, and is threatening the city of Fargo. People are doing their best to sandbag the area and build up on the dikes, and I certainly wish them the best. According to Mayor Dennis Waleker,

Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker cautiously expressed hope that the river would stay below 43 feet — the limit of the reinforced dikes. Walaker said there was not enough time left to build the levees any higher.

Damn. It's one thing to have to wade through water to save yourself or anything you have. It's another to try to do it in frigid temperatures and icy waters.

One thing though, how can anyone criticize the Obama Stimulus plan to both give jobs and supply needed resources when example after example like this happen? Or does the Republican party just stand for every man for themselves?