Oh, never mind. I misread the headline at the Bismarck Tribune. The $5.8 million approved by FEMA was not for a food fight but for a "flood fight."
The link will soon be broken since it links to a regional newspaper, but the story pertains to providing financial assistance to Minnewaukan, a small town in North Dakota, that is being severely affected by the encroaching Devils Lake. Federal, state and local funds are being used to help save the town's infrastructure and the buildings.
But I have to admit, it was not beyond FEMA, in my estimation, to grant $6 million for a food fight.
I am getting way too old and way too cynical. Smile.
On a completely different note, I am completely stymied by the Devils Lake situation, and even more stymied on the state government's approach to the situation. The article says the lake has quadrupled in size since 1993 "due to some wet years." Well, duh.
