Flood 2009

[sambini]

Record levels could happen in the Red River valley this spring. As Mayor Walaker has stated We will not lose this fight. Snadbag volunters are needed. They are going 24 hours a day.

[duluthbison]

Yahoo news today, hopefully it isn't as bad as everyone thinks it will be.

ND city scrambles to prepare for record flooding

FARGO, N.D. – The city of Fargo is racing to fill 1.5 million sandbags to prepare for record flooding as a nearby river is expected to crest more than 20 feet above flood stage.

Volunteers were being bused to a city utility building the size of a football field where they will fill sandbags, officials said. The city also bought two machines that resemble large spiders and can produce about 5,000 sandbags an hour.

"It looks a little 'Star War'-ish in here," said Bruce Grubb, Fargo's enterprise director.

The National Weather Service projected that the Red River would crest between 37 feet and 40 feet between March 28 and April 1. That's about 22 feet above flood stage and about a half-foot higher than the 1997 spring flood that swamped several homes. A storm also was expected to drop one or two inches of rain in the Red River Valley starting Sunday.

"If we go to 40 feet, we're going to be tested," Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker said Saturday after touring sandbagging operations with North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven and other officials.

Officials said it would be difficult to predict the extent of flooding. Walaker said an aerial tour of the river basin indicated the situation "didn't look as threatening as we've been hearing."

City officials said 225 National Guard soldiers have been called in ahead of the flooding, and the mayor said the North Dakota State University football team was scheduled to help with the sandbagging process.

"We're still getting more demand for volunteers than we have volunteers," said Dave Rogness, Cass County emergency manager. "This need is only going to increase over the next several days."

Original Yahoo Article

[EagleBison]

You all take care up in the RRV. Hope the predictions are to high, and everyone stays dry.

[lakesbison]

SHOUT OUT TO UNBISON and HECKLER OF THE NORTH.


BOTH ARE INSTRUMENTAL TO FLOOD 2009.

UNBISON is DYKING up the Southwest with his EQUIPMENT.

HECKLER is in the guards .....


THANKS GUYS!!

[Hambone]

Hopefully everything works out ok throughout the Red River Valley. Good luck everyone!

[Blue]

Best of Luck and Godspeed Fargo Residents. Doesn't look good. Red River expected to reach 40 feet by early Friday.

[NDSU1980]

UNBISON is DYKING up

Gee, I didn't think he was the type. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyke_(lesbian)
I think you meant "dike".

[bisonbills]

Just got home from an evening at the Dome with a few thousand of my closest friends

I was more than impressed with NDSU and their student athletes. I was in a bagging line with the football players. What a classy bunch of guys. Having fun and taking care of business. Heard many chants of "AMES!! IOWA STATE!! CYCLONES!!" It was great. Then Coach Bohl told them to "Get your asses some rest and be back at 5 AM!!!" Simply awesome guys and girls. You all deserve a pat on the back.

I also must say I will now limit my smack on the university to the north. They had 4 buses sitting outside the Dome. Thank you UND.

[El_Chapo]

SHOUT OUT TO UNBISON and HECKLER OF THE NORTH.


BOTH ARE INSTRUMENTAL TO FLOOD 2009.

UNBISON is DYKING up the Southwest with his EQUIPMENT.

HECKLER is in the guards .....


THANKS GUYS!!

these guys saved us. what a great flood mind

[Gully]

Does anyone think it's strange that they don't have one central point of communication to citizens and media that covers Fargo, Moorhead, and Bismarck (State of ND) communications? Fargo and Moorhead had two different news conferences at the same time and in the middle of that the State of ND emergency system sent an alert out saying that I94 is shut down to allow for the evacuation of Fargo! This while the Fargo leaders are publically taking a deep breath and thinking they may be turning the corner. Turns out at this point there are no plans to evacuate Fargo.

I'm sure it was a misunderstanding that some neighborhoods are being evacuated or that the freeway was being cleared in case of a Fargo evacuation but geez, get it right. One central point of media communication would make it easier to avoid these things.