{"id":87790,"date":"2024-06-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87790"},"modified":"2024-06-24T14:41:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:41:10","slug":"a-little-soggy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87790","title":{"rendered":"A Little Soggy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Governor Klink, Melissa Hortman and the Urban DFL clacque squandered a $19 billion surplus paying off the DFL&#8217;s special interests, and all we got was a broken dam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unexpectedly?  No.  Not a bit.  The century-old Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River &#8211; a tributary to the Minnesota, and eventually the Mississippi &#8211; has been a problem for a long time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3ySM1CvogFg\">everyone who gave a, er, damn knew it<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In 2021, a study was conducted that identified two feasible solutions for the dam\u2019s state of disrepair: repair or remove the dam. Both options have significant costs, and each has its opportunities, trade-offs, and timeframes. The purpose of the Future of Rapidan Dam project is to identify the community\u2019s needs and concerns and use their input on the options to help the County make the best decision for all impacted by the Dam\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&#8217;t buy any urban non-profit allegiances with a dam.  You sure can&#8217;t carry a dam in a suitcase to Kenya.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s bad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rapidan Dam in southern Minnesota breached, prompting flash flood warning\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ySM1CvogFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If there&#8217;s a better way of depicting the results of the DFL&#8217;s priorities, I&#8217;m open to suggestions.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Klink, Melissa Hortman and the Urban DFL clacque squandered a $19 billion surplus paying off the DFL&#8217;s special interests, and all we got was a broken dam. Unexpectedly? No. Not a bit. The century-old Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River &#8211; a tributary to the Minnesota, and eventually the Mississippi &#8211; has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,107,449,320,460],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geekery","category-i-told-you-so","category-lets-go-brandon","category-mndfl","category-the-nonprofit-industrial-complex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87791,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87790\/revisions\/87791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}