Flood Fest
The Red River (of the North) has the habit of exceeding its capacity each spring. The only people who seem to care are those who live on the flood plains. However this year flood watching has become a spectator sport.
The Red crested sometime on 5 April and people were out and about around the dike and Main Avenue bridge to see it unseen at this time of year. It was like the flood was some kind of disturbing entertainment. I liken this response to the time Big Bird decided to greet Hurricane Bob numerous years ago (1991) as it hit the Northeast US. The irony to that was Sesame Street later did a storyline involving a hurricane hitting the neighborhood and destroying Big Bird's nest. I am sounding like a portent?
Perhaps a festival could be made of this natural event. It would bring people to the river perhaps generate revenue and if needs be there is a ready made workforce for sandbagging.
The Red crested sometime on 5 April and people were out and about around the dike and Main Avenue bridge to see it unseen at this time of year. It was like the flood was some kind of disturbing entertainment. I liken this response to the time Big Bird decided to greet Hurricane Bob numerous years ago (1991) as it hit the Northeast US. The irony to that was Sesame Street later did a storyline involving a hurricane hitting the neighborhood and destroying Big Bird's nest. I am sounding like a portent?
Perhaps a festival could be made of this natural event. It would bring people to the river perhaps generate revenue and if needs be there is a ready made workforce for sandbagging.
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