My normal route to work opened yesterday. For the past month my usual route has been closed due to high water on the roads from Souris River flooding. As I drove through the familiar neighborhoods this morning I felt as if I had been smacked in the face. Nothing was the same. Cheerful houses with white fences and bright flower gardens were mud-caked, broken down, and dismal shells of their former selves. Through no fault of their own the once proud shelters of home and family were diminished to skeletons of broken down foundations, mold-infested sheetrock, crumbling basements, and mud crusted living spaces. 
There is simply no way to paint a pretty picture. And this repeats itself over and over again for thousands of homes and families in and around Minot, ND.
This experience has humbled many of us. Our illusions of security are shattered. It's impossible to build big enough dams and fortresses to protect ourselves. Mother Nature has a mind of her own and she will exert herself.
There is simply no way to paint a pretty picture. And this repeats itself over and over again for thousands of homes and families in and around Minot, ND.
I hate stories that shatter our sense of security, whether it involves weather, crimes, whatever. I worry for awhile and then I go into denial and crawl back into my delusional cocoon of security. It works for me.
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