Evacuees pitch in to help neighbors
(NEWSER) - As the Souris River was set to peak today, North Dakotans weren't exactly wallowing in the misery of the worst flooding in memory—rather, they were rolling up their sleeves and doing whatever they could to help their neighbors. Evacuees helped others evacuate, others moved friends' belongings to safety, and so many opened their homes to displaced neighbors that only a few hundred of the 11,000 displaced showed up at shelters. "It's disheartening," one displaced pastor who's been pitching in tells the AP. "But I'm grateful that I have a place to go and I feel for people who are worse off than I am." More»
