by Jeff Olsen

For the small town of Roseau, which has seen its share of floods over the years, the most recent being the disastrous flood of June 2002 - and even a few years after that as dedicated sandbag brigades staved off the flood waters - Johnny Cash's hit song, Five Feet High and Rising doesn't inspire anyone to break out into a song and dance.

They remember!

Some even got around by boat, which was captured in the Cash lyrics:

We can make it to the road in a homemade boat

That's the only thing we got left that'll float

It's already over the wheat and the oats

Two feet high and rising...