I’m intolerant today. So…
To the Red River, Fargo, Moorehead – and the two 100-year-floods which happened within six years of each other:
Folks, if you knowingly live in a flood plain, quit your whiney complaining. Your options, as you have known since the time you bought the property included flood insurance, sandbags and flood waters. If standing in your living room waist deep in Red River water is no longer fun for you, simply move.
And, City Fathers of both Fargo and Moore(dunder)head: Who are the Ph.Ds who voted to build a public school in a flood plain. Sheesh. I guess just a few hundred thousand people live in Nort’ Dakota for a reason.
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Land of 10,000 Perspectives 
I respectfully disagree with your post.
1) Who in Fargo/Moorhead whined or complained about the flood? Definitely not those that filed 3 1/2 million sandbags in a 10 day period to save their own communities. Yes, some have lost their homes and possessions – they will pick up and move forward. They know the risk they run living close to a river.
2) I believe you are referring to the Oak Grove School, in regards to the “City Fathers of both Fargo and Moore(dunder)head: Who are the Ph.Ds who voted to build a public school in a flood plain” statement. Oak Grove is a private Lutheran school that was built there due to tradition and the choice of a group of private individuals. The public schools of Fargo and Moorhead were above the flood plain and served as support places for individuals fighting the flood and shelters for those who were evacuated from potential danger zones.
I am currently a resident of Grand Forks, which is now protected to 60′, though recently was a resident of Fargo until this past August. At no recent time did anyone in Fargo-Moorhead believe they were in danger of breaking a 112 year record. The river level that was broken recently was set in 1897 – eighteen ninety seven! Fargo was working pragmatically to increase flood protection not thinking they would not likely exceed the 1997 level anytime soon – which was the 2nd highest level in recorded history.
Before you declare your intolerance please educate yourself. Fargo isn’t whining or complaining about anything. At most they want a fair opportunity to prevent future flooding like many other communities (Grand Forks, New Orleans, etc.) have asked for before. Hopefully the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and the US Congress will give them the monetary ability to built a flood protection system like they gave to Grand Forks following the 1997 flood.
There nothing wrong with pointing out whiners… just make sure they’re whiners first ;)
Thanks for the response and added information. I’m simply basing my view on the news reports aired 24/7 here in Minneapolis. Amazingly, our four television stations and two city papers feel the Red River some 200 miles away is the only news worth reporting as of late. So in these stories I’ve watched and read, dozens of residents flooded from their homes are asking the city to “buy them out.” Hello? Is that how it works when a private citizen makes a bad real estate decision and buys a home in a flood plain? Seems a bit over the top to me. Also, the school I mentioned in my post was called a “public” school by several news outlets here in Minneapolis. Their bad reporting perhaps, but it was the impression they gave.