Flood Contingency map copyright the City of Fargo Have been following a few stories recently, and using the idea of 'data mining' the 'Twittersphere' as a resource. On the BBC News this morning , there was a report on the city of FARGO in North Dakota, where people were being evacuated due to record levels on the Red River.. For many people in the UK, 'Fargo' puts them in mind of the classic Coen Brothers film with the woodchipper... For others, it's paired with Wells on the side of stagecoaches in westerns... For the residents of the city though, the current issue is that of record levels of flooding on the Red River, up to almost 41 feet above normal. 'Trending' on Twitter (i.e. one of the most popular current words or tags that are included in people's 'tweets') is the word FARGO Using a service like TWITTER SEARCH or TWITTERFALL, the tweets with the word FARGO in them can be seen as they appear: sometimes 20 or 30 a minute... With th...