Posted: 3/23/2009 3:08:26 PM EDT
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ok here we go .. up here in grand forks the river officially flooded yesterday at 3:30pm...
I took pictures today and will continue to do so, apparently they are closing the bridge tomorrow morning at 9 am so they wont be as thorough as these but im sure I can cover a lot on foot 
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thanks for the pics, by "the bridge" do you mean the i94 bridge? Jon I 94 is down in Fargo. This is up in Grand Forks. im going out there now, apparently its 5' higher than yesterday so i think there will be a dramatic difference in pictures.... be back in a bit |
uggh, I was so ready to get home from Oklahoma last night, just to get to the Whapeton exit at 9:30 pm to findout the interstate is closed from Whap/Breck to the kindred exit.  I talked to the HP that was there to find out that i had to go 60 miles west to hwy 1!  160 miles out of the way!!! and it was pouring like mad out there. sorry i have no pics of the whap end, i left my camera out in the car in Oklahoma, Unfortunately my wife decided to bury it in the trunk sometime before we left. I will get some pics though.
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Anyone from Bismarck? How is it looking down there? My mom is in Mandan. She said the missouri is flooding some areas in bismarck already. Fox island and southport areas being evacuated. In mandan the heart river is getting very high but not flooding yet. If it goes over the dike there she is screwed. She'll have a basement full of water and no flood insurance. |
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Minot area is having flooding problems to.. I have a lot of friends that live in the downtown area and most of them are having problems with basement floods. Not as bad as some of your folks but still worth noting :) Are you on the base? I actually live in the downtown district and I don't have any problems with flooding on the 2nd floor. 
The business below me does not have water in the basement, I was down their with the owner earlier! However, the southwest part of town, they always get water in the basements....I will never live over there. |
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Were getting flooding in lake madison SD but not this bad. All the schools got called off and students told to go help sandbag, but there was under 200 of us there helping. Its not looking good for you GF guys, better call FEMA and start to blame Bush  I blame Obama |
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I was watching the video of the the last flood that the tv station from GF made and they were talking the flood level at 53' back then, this year they are talking 43' but keep saying this is going to be worse? Don't get me wrong I really feel for anybody that is about to lose their home and place of work but is this another case of the media spinning their own story?
And it is mazing how these two parellel each other down to people out sandbagging in a winter storm. Anyway good luck and you all are in our prayers!!! |
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I was watching the video of the the last flood that the tv station from GF made and they were talking the flood level at 53' back then, this year they are talking 43' but keep saying this is going to be worse? Don't get me wrong I really feel for anybody that is about to lose their home and place of work but is this another case of the media spinning their own story? We in Grand Forks are at 43 feet now, the projected crest is 53 ft. They're likely talking about where the flood level is currently on the news. |
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I was watching the video of the the last flood that the tv station from GF made and they were talking the flood level at 53' back then, this year they are talking 43' but keep saying this is going to be worse? Don't get me wrong I really feel for anybody that is about to lose their home and place of work but is this another case of the media spinning their own story? We in Grand Forks are at 43 feet now, the projected crest is 53 ft. They're likely talking about where the flood level is currently on the news. Get ready brothers in GF. Mother Nature is not screwing around with this one. Fargo/Moorhead is pretty much going to get fucked with this. It is going to be a river flood here in Fargo and it is going to wipe ALOT of property out, not only becouse of the new crest prediction today but more becouse of the duration it is going to stay at crest levels and devestate temporary dikes. This is not 1997, it would pale it in comparison to what is upon us now, and the river flows north. This is not highschool and colledge kids getting out of school to sandbag bullshit it is going to be get every contractor with with every piece of earth moving equipment in ND/MN they have. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was watching the video of the the last flood that the tv station from GF made and they were talking the flood level at 53' back then, this year they are talking 43' but keep saying this is going to be worse? Don't get me wrong I really feel for anybody that is about to lose their home and place of work but is this another case of the media spinning their own story? We in Grand Forks are at 43 feet now, the projected crest is 53 ft. They're likely talking about where the flood level is currently on the news. Get ready brothers in GF. Mother Nature is not screwing around with this one. Fargo/Moorhead is pretty much going to get fucked with this. It is going to be a river flood here in Fargo and it is going to wipe ALOT of property out, not only becouse of the new crest prediction today but more becouse of the duration it is going to stay at crest levels and devestate temporary dikes. This is not 1997, it would pale it in comparison to what is upon us now, and the river flows north. This is not highschool and colledge kids getting out of school to sandbag bullshit it is going to be get every contractor with with every piece of earth moving equipment in ND/MN they have. I might be driving up to help. Its going to take every able bodied man and a good shovel to prevent some serious damage. I still say call Obammy and ask FEMA to come fuck everything up and give you all trailer homes. |
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UND has an info line, 701-777-4377 or 1800 call und
EDIT: actually just show up on lake street. from the city, take s Washington goign south all the way down to 62nd AVE and take a left, then take a right on lake street. find a parking place and walk up to a random house, thats all I did. hose king give me a call if you are coming up you can stay on my air mattress. |
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Minot area is having flooding problems to.. I have a lot of friends that live in the downtown area and most of them are having problems with basement floods. Not as bad as some of your folks but still worth noting :) Nothing yet.....but my driveway was 6" of mud before the snow storm....:-P |
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this is our field/drainage ditch and county road a few days ago before it iced up. The county road is washed out where the deep drainage ditch crosses the road. It has gotten deeper around our farmstead, but since we are frozen around here, you can't tell what is water and what is snow.
this is all from overland flooding since we are 25 miles from a river. All this has to head north! 
This is my brothers farmstead, all from overland flooding. They are 15 miles from a river. his township road 
his yard 
around his house 
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I am in Grand Forks after spending 14 hours Thursday in Fargo and 8 hours yesterday in Moorehead. My sister is in Grand Forks and we are hanging out waiting to see what is going to happen. Apparently they think Grand Forks is flood proof. We shall see. I AM flood proof! 
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this is our field/drainage ditch and county road a few days ago before it iced up. The county road is washed out where the deep drainage ditch crosses the road. It has gotten deeper around our farmstead, but since we are frozen around here, you can't tell what is water and what is snow. this is all from overland flooding since we are 25 miles from a river. All this has to head north! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/imjones/flooding/DSCN0695-1.jpg This is my brothers farmstead, all from overland flooding. They are 15 miles from a river. his township road http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/imjones/flooding/dicksyard.jpg his yard http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/imjones/flooding/dicksyards2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/imjones/flooding/dicksyard3.jpg around his house http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/imjones/flooding/dicksyard4.jpg Where are you at? |
| http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/goodnbuzzd/RRFargoFri.jpg?t=1238305343 A view at the peak of the flood, 40.8 feet approx. Pic taken at about 3 am in the morning from the Moorhead Center Mall parking garage. |
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No joke one of you guys up there needs to get some waders on and get a case of heinekin in the lootie pose. THat picture would go around the internet 6 times over and probably make the news. looting??? were all white, if they saw that we would be "finding supplies" |
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No joke one of you guys up there needs to get some waders on and get a case of heinekin in the lootie pose. THat picture would go around the internet 6 times over and probably make the news. LMFAO! A buddy and I actually thought of doing that! dont think DO. Seriously you would be internet gods. Just think of all the fat internet chicks |
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This morning a lady tried driving on or up a dike. She was hammered. I think it would be funny to go to court and see the judge tear her a new one. well.... you can always look up who was booked for DWI... and if you know the aprox time you could figure it out... then just find out when her court date is... i doubt she will go to trial though |
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What was it about? "regarding certain regulatory requirements and voluntary security measures, as well as recommended guidelines for securitng and moving firearm records and inventory in the event of a natural disaster." Interesting, SHTF guidelines...
Surprised they sent you it, being out in Minot...pretty far away from Red River events. |
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Surprised they sent you it, being out in Minot...pretty far away from Red River events. They've started sandbagging in Minot in preparation. The Snow is starting to melt from last week's snow. The memo came from the St. Paul ATF field office, and is addressed to Federal licensees in North Dakota and Minnesota. |
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well the water is rising again, got some video of water flowing over I-29 today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dChYKtvW7Go |