We had walkie talkies to report problems to "Flood Control". One morning, about 3:00AM, we spotted a beaver swimming in the river and reported a "damn engineer" to Flood Control. He was not wearing a hard hat and should be chastised. for some reason they didn't get it.
All in all, the Corp of Engineers did a fine job and damage was minimized.
I'm sure the 'Daks would welcome all Norwegian Ni''s, (Blazin'g Saddle afirmation).
"The Red Cross was there with coffee and donuts."
How much did they charge?