Flooding in Minot, North Dakota

  Taking a bit of a break from politics: There is a town in North Dakota called Minot which is facing troubles equal to which New Orleans faced after Hurricane Katrina. Minot, North Dakota has faced devastating floods and yet the media has not covered this story with the zeal in which they covered the New Orleans flood, and I think we all know the reason why.

  If you get your news from the mainstream media you probably have not heard of the flooding in Minot but the residents of this town are feeling the devastating effects of this disaster just as much as the residents of New Orleans did several years ago. Just take a look at this video and you will understand what Minot residents are dealing with.

  If you are familiar with this story you might not be familiar with the fact that one of our own conservative blogging warriors has been directly affected by the devastation. John Carey of Sentry Journal lives in Minot, North Dakota and he has seen the devastation from a personal level, yet like others in this part of the country he has been out in front helping his friends and his neighbors pull through this, while at the same time fighting for the larger cause and making the rounds across the blogosphere; only God knows how he is able to do it all.

  John Carey has been writing about the Minot flooding as the news unfolds and you can read his latest post here, in this post he includes a link to the Red Cross and I ask that anyone who can to please donate to the people of Minot–I will be his week. If you read through John’s previous posts on the flooding you will see that in the midst of this disaster lies a truly inspiring story of what can happen when people in a community come together and help each other through a difficult time.

  If you cannot donate money to Minot I ask that you please keep that community in your thoughts and in your prayers because the people of Minot face an uphill battle, many of them will never return home, but they have been forgotten by the same mainstream media which decided to politicize the New Orleans flooding after Katrina, and because of their unwillingness to cover this story I would venture to guess that donations have been down compared to New Orleans because people simply don’t know what is happening in Minot. The media may have forgotten them, but the people must not.