The Flood Today

No pictures today. The flood in Fargo has pretty much subsided. We are expecting another crest by friday. This time they have lowered it to 37 feet. Our first crest was 40.8 feet.
60 mioles west of us it is a whole different disaster. In Valley City they are expecting a crest 2 feet higher than the Sheyenne River has ever been there. Valley City officials have asked almost half of the town to evacuate.
The Sheyenne River is said to be 10 miles wide at places. There is alot of overland flooding going on.

The Red River Today

These pictures are from the main ave bridge that separates Fargo and Moorhead. The Red is now down 4 feet. It is expected to rise again next week when the 10.5 inches of snow we received starts to melt. The last crest got up to 40.82 feet. The new crest is hopefully only going to get to 37 or 38 feet. Flood stage is 18 feet.

The picture with the water tower, if you look in the middle of the picture. That is a stop sign sticking out of the water.

Whole Lot Of Dirt

How much dirt is needed to build 45 miles of dikes. A whole lot. The first picture here use to be a soccer field. The city began to run out of dirt so they dug up this soccer fields. The other two pictures are the backhoe's used to dig the trenches. When the flood is over they will rebuild the soccer fields.

The Wild Rice River

The Red river is now down 4 feet. This is the Wild Rice River and it is also way down. Three days ago you could not see the fence posts sticking out of the water.
The next picture is about 2 miles away. You can see how high the water was when it froze. When it dropped it left this sheet of ice hanging on the trees.

Just A Cool Picture

This picture really has nothing to do with the flood. It is just a cool picture that I took from our main avenue bridge where I have posted several pictures from during the flood. It is one of those pictures you get totally by accident.