The Red River (of the North) crested in Fargo last Saturday about 20 feet above flood stage. That's serious water passing through town but 2 feet less than '97 so it was tense but not panic inducing. Had a good chuckle at ABC radio network news today. They came on and ominously intoned how rising waters of the Mississippi were causing great concern in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and North Dakota. Those idiots out in New York and Washington have no concept of the rest of the country.

rich r