Monthly Archives: March 2009

Building a better grid

Posted on March 31, 2009 by

Heaven help me, I’m such a nerd. I ran across this story in Wired that promises to talk about "7 ways to fix the grid, now." Electricity transmission is one of my fascinations, particularly because improving the grid is critical for … Continue reading →

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The view from the outside

Posted on March 31, 2009 by

A reader sent a link to this interview in Mother Jones, with Eric Hardmeyer, president of the Bank of North Dakota: MJ: Are other states interested in your model? EH: In my stint here as president, which as been about … Continue reading →

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Will Fargo throw support behind Waffle Plan?

Posted on March 30, 2009 by

Update 10:45 p.m. March 30, 2009: Weirdly enough, after I wrote this post, I realized this could actually be a story. So, I called Waffle Plan project manager Beth Kurz at the EERC hoping she hadn’t left for home yet. … Continue reading →

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The case for putting SAC Jr. in Minot

Posted on March 29, 2009 by

The City Beat noticed a press release the other day from Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., in which he said the state’s congressional delegation is lobbying the Air Force to make Minot Air Force Base the new home of Global Strike … Continue reading →

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Breaking down barriers by building (flood) barriers

Posted on March 29, 2009 by

As I mentioned the other day, the City Beat is feeling pretty good about the recent and ongoing effort to fight flooding. I’ve been back sandbagging a couple of times since and I started thinking that maybe a lot of … Continue reading →

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Worst case scenarios

Posted on March 26, 2009 by

Update 9:32 p.m. March 26, 2009: While I’m throwing out data left and right, I might as well mention conditions elsewhere in the Red River Valley that could affect us here. First, let’s look at the river levels tonight. (If … Continue reading →

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Sandbag central at 3 a.m.

Posted on March 26, 2009 by

The City Beat showed up at sandbag central around 3 a.m. this morning thinking it’d be me and a handful of other insomniacs. But, as you can see in the photo from my cell phone, there were a ton of … Continue reading →

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Herald hearts haters

Posted on March 25, 2009 by

A fax from the Westboro Baptist Church arrived just a little while ago in our newsroom and it was so delightfully demented it made our night: THANK GOD FOR RECORD FLOODING IN NORTH DAKOTA! God sent the flood waters to cover … Continue reading →

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Bring on the flame

Posted on March 25, 2009 by

There are a great many of you readers out there that I think are nice, intelligent people and I suspect that if I’ve met you we would’ve gotten along very well. And if I haven’t, then when we do meet, … Continue reading →

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Google Maps maps GF-EGF

Posted on March 25, 2009 by

Check it, people. Google’s finished the street views for Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, which means people around the world can cruise our city and see what it looks like. I’m glad the Google team came through town in … Continue reading →

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