Archive - Mar 2009
More flood heroics
Tue, 03/31/2009 - 11:59am | 
Eric Bergeson
March 30th
Inspection alert
Tue, 03/31/2009 - 12:54am | Eric Bergeson
Went in to see Aunt Olla at the Fertile Hilton today. She was busy in the bathroom, so I waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, I looked in and Olla was curling her hair.
Turns out, the state inspectors are at the Hilton. Olla will possibly be interviewed sometime in the next three days--they won't tell you when--so she wants to be ready. She had her hair done this morning, but she wanted to touch it up just in case the inspector came this afternoon.
Turns out, the state inspectors are at the Hilton. Olla will possibly be interviewed sometime in the next three days--they won't tell you when--so she wants to be ready. She had her hair done this morning, but she wanted to touch it up just in case the inspector came this afternoon.
Flood pictures
Mon, 03/30/2009 - 10:57am | Eric Bergeson
Here is the best batch of Fargo flood pictures I have seen.
March 29th
Flood quote
Mon, 03/30/2009 - 2:20am | Eric Bergeson
Got this from a reader:
I know for a fact that cautious optimism can get you kicked out of the Sons of Norway.
My niece from Nashville e-mailed that she had seen a woman in Fargo being inverviewed on FOX T.V. The Lady was standing between her house and her sandbag dike, and the water appeared to be nearly to the top of the sandbags. She said "We are cautiously optimistic, and for a Norwegian that is near delirious!"
I know for a fact that cautious optimism can get you kicked out of the Sons of Norway.
Wildlife, high and low
Sun, 03/29/2009 - 8:19pm | Eric Bergeson
On a photo safari this morning with Lance and Bruce, we went east first to an area of the Sand Hill which had washed out a road. A pair of swans headed straight for us as we stood looking at the river, only to veer off at the last second.
Sand Hill rapids
Sun, 03/29/2009 - 8:15pm | Eric Bergeson
Water pours past the cable fence marking the edge of the Texas crossing, a concrete bridge which is designed to have water pour over it. The ice build-up is on the fence's cables.