Big Story of the Week (Month?) -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Anyone who doesn't think the "big guys" are here to stay in Williston, needs to re-visit this post.

See you tomorrow. I have a 40-minute walk ahead of me.

When I walked here a couple of hours ago, about 8:00 p.m., here in the Bakken, it was short-sleeve balmy weather -- the bank thermometer registered 78 degrees. Eight o'clock at night, in North Dakota, in October, almost 80 degrees. If this is global warming, bring it on.

Unfortunately, something tells me it's going to get awful cold awful fast up here.