It's an old Minnesota addage.
"It could have been worse."
Following what meteorologists are calling an ideal melt of our late winter snowfall, rivers and streams around the state are cresting over the weekend.
There are some areas affected by major flooding, including Montevideo, New Ulm, and Savage on the Minnesota River.
St. Paul is also having major flooding of the Mississippi River in the downtown area.
In Stillwater, the St. Croix may go up another two feet before levels start dropping sometime next week.
"It's not as bad as it could have been, that's for sure," said forecaster Shawn Diviny at the National Weather Service in Chanhassen.
"Basically, it's warm but not too warm, and you get re-freezing at night, and little rainfall," said Diviny. "That was really the risk, tha's really the wild-card, how much rain do we get, how warm to we get during this snow melt."
In Stillwater, hundreds of volunteers in Stillwater have been filling and piling sandbags for much of the week.
Downriver in Hastings, where the Mississippi and St. Croix converge, roads and parkland near the water are closed because of rising water.
Officials say the Mississippi in Hastings is among the top-ten highest ever recorded.
The river is expected to crest at Hastings on Monday, but emergency crews are already saying the high water won't be as bad as originally predicted.
Volunteers filled sandbags earlier in the week, and those sandbags are available for home owners in Hastings who need protection from rising waters.