Flood!

The rain that fell on us on our trip to the western Dakotas also, apparently, fell on Fargo while we were gone. As a result, the city is in a state of emergency.

Well, technically. All the emergency declaration seems to mean so far is that the city spent the day building a dike between the Red River and City Hall:

Down on the south side of town, where we live, the river is also impressively high:

The Forum is doing its civic duty in this moment of crisis:

City officials also want to remind people to follow several city ordinances regarding temporary dikes.

People are asked not to climb or destroy dikes, enter areas deemed off-limits or operate watercraft in a way that damages flood protection efforts. Violations can result in your arrest by police.

That's right: Please do not destroy the dikes.

The reason we had no mosquitoes last year was that Fargo had an exceptionally dry spring. This spring is exceptionally wet. I just can't wait to see how thick July's cloud of bugs is going to be.