An Oxbow, N.D. resident comforts her faithful friend as the two are removed from their flooded house along the Red River in North Dakota, Thursday, March 26, 2009. Coast Guard Station Sault Ste. Marie later rescued her son and diabetic husband from the same house, in which the flood waters had risen to just below the base of the mail box. (U.S. Coast Guard/Photo by Petty Officer Bill Colclough)