This morning, the Fargo Forum referred to Concordia students as "refugees." Okay, so I know this situation is devastating and terrible, but refugees? Really?
Our lovely newspaper also reported that a farm north of Grand Forks has relocated sixty of its cattle to West Fargo. I'm fascinated and intrigued by all of the animal shelters and funny evacuation centers that have been set up.
Fargo has supplies for 30,000 evacuees for a week - I find that appalling. Concordia had a lot of students without places to go (I was fortunate enough to have transportation, housing, etc.) so they sent students to the Language Villages (a year-round language camp sponsored by Concordia). I feel helpless enough as it is, but I can't imagine what it would be like to be stranded in Bemidji without friends and family. They do have internet, however. And I'm proud to announce that "Paul Bunyan Telephone Company" is providing them with cable televsion. Doesn't that sound like a joke? Nope, it's real. :)
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When the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area flooded last spring (at least it was warm then)I wondered how people could find homes for their livestock...funny how being married to a pig farmer has opened my eyes to that sort of thing. I ate off the Red Cross truck a couple of times last summer when I was down in Oakville--they served cornish game hen! Go figure...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your experiences with me.