Here We Go Again

The Red River has dropped over two feet and is now at 38.8 feet which is still 20 feet above flood stage. Now that the river has dropped two feet, they are now letting some people back into their homes and neighborhoods. So just as things are looking up, what you see in these pictures is what we are receiving now. We could get possibly 8 inches of snow before Wednesday.

We have the Coast Guard here that have actually rescued people by airboat and helicopter. People are still in their houses surrounded by water fighting to save their homes. We have towns that are almost completely shut off from the rest of the world.

With all this snow the river will definetly come up again. They are expecting the river to crest again in April when all this snow starts to melt. At one point a few days ago we had no snow.

The Flood Today

I have no new pictures. I will just try to give you a picture of what is going on here today with words.
Our river is going down. Many people would like to think that the river has crested and that we are out of the woods now. Not true. We have alot of snow to melt yet, and more snow on the way. As much as 6 inches and more to the south. The cold weather has been a Godsend.
All the dikes are built and now we are in stand and defend mode.
This morning at 1:25 am Oak Grove School dike was breeched, within minutes, 4 teams of the National Guard rapid respones team was on site, as was Army Corp of Engineers and the city. They did lose two buildings, and even though they lost 2 it could have been much worse if not for the planning between all the agencies that are here. They were having a hard time getting it stopped. If there is a breech, they now have thousand pound sandbags that are dropped from helicopters to help stop the leak.
We still have alot of water to the south and to the north of us. Harwood which is just north of us is now basically cut off from the rest of the world except for one road that is a major detour out of that city.
We are not out of this. The water is expected to stay at this level for a another week.

Lost Cabinet

As we were standing on the bridge. Here came a cabinet that someone will be missing.

The Road Under Main Avenue Bridge

These pictures are from under the main avenue bridge on March 22. This is where we were taking the pictures today March 28. This Road is now under 22 feet of water.

Woodlawn Park

This is Woodlawn Park. We are looking at this park on the Minnesota side of the river. We are standing on the main ave bridge. Pictures are over the last 4 days

The Red River Today

These are more pictures from the main ave bridge. These pics are from the past four days. The water is getting so high.

We do have good news. With the cold weather the river has now dropped about 2 inches. The other news is we are suppose to get more snow on Monday, but we have alot of snow yet to melt.

The bad news is all that melt will have to come down the Red River Yet.

Red River

These are pictures from the downtown main ave bridge looking west. The first picture is from the 23rd. Second picture from the 24th and the third from today. No explanation needed.