Moses Walaker: "We need all the help we can get."

Bob Collins of News Cut liveblogs the Fargo Flood Fight

The daily meeting of officials battling the Red River flood is underway in Fargo.

8:03 a.m. - Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker holds up a gift from his staff, a Moses-like staff, which he says he can use to part the water. Then saying, "we need all the help we can get," he asks an official from the Salvation Army to begin a prayer.

8:19 a.m. - Tim Mahoney, Fargo city administrator: "I might get tears in my eyes like the mayor soon because the volunteers have been terrific. But, buck it up because you have to do it one more day."

8:38 a.m. - Steve Carbno of the Salvation Army says "we're going to be stretched thin today."

"Any time you see the Red Cross and the Salvation Army working hand in hand, that's a good thing," he said. Hmmm.

"Any time you see the Red Cross and the Salvation Army working together, that's a disaster," Walaker said.

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