Today, the Red River has reached record heights of water. The majority of the people in the cities of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota were forced to evacuate from by the danger of the Red River flooding. A strange thing is that people were asked to clog there drains. They had to do that because they had sewers that emptied into the river but like from above the river. Now the flood water is over the drains and is starting to cause problems within the cities. Hundreds of volunteers have pile sandbags in Fargo and the places that the levies can't cover in M0orhead. I say that because Moorhead has levies and Fargo dosen't. It was declared a federal disaster zone by President Obama.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Flooding in Fargo
Today, the Red River has reached record heights of water. The majority of the people in the cities of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota were forced to evacuate from by the danger of the Red River flooding. A strange thing is that people were asked to clog there drains. They had to do that because they had sewers that emptied into the river but like from above the river. Now the flood water is over the drains and is starting to cause problems within the cities. Hundreds of volunteers have pile sandbags in Fargo and the places that the levies can't cover in M0orhead. I say that because Moorhead has levies and Fargo dosen't. It was declared a federal disaster zone by President Obama.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Remembering Natasha Richardson
Tony Winning Movie Star Natasha Richardson tragical died in a skiing accident in a ski resort outside of Montreal, Canada. When she fell she was talking and walking fine, but about an hour later she started complaining about a headache. Then she was transferred to a hospital. When she first fell an ambulance was at the seen but it was turned away. She played rolls in many movie such as The Parent Trap, Wild Child, Evening, Widow's Peak, and Fat Man and Little Boy. She was 45 years old.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
AIG Bailout
A while ago insurance giant AIG released that they lost 61.7 billion dollars in the quarter. That is the biggest loss in history! I mean to even have that much money is amazing, bu to lose that much money in just wrong. Then the government gave them a 85 billion dollar bailout about a week ago. Then now AIG is giving 100 million dollars of bonuses to the CEO's. It hardly seems right that they couldn't stay alive without government money and now this. President Obama is now trying to find a legal way to stop this bonus. The leader says that it required to give these bonuses.
The Sears Tower is No More
Last week USA's tallest building the Sears Tower is renamed the Willis Tower. London-based insurance broker company called Willis Group Holdings. They will be taking 140,000 square feet expanding into several floors in the 36-year-old building. It cost about $14.50 per square foot. In exchange they get to name it. It is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
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