Lake Agassiz Revisited

I've had to be out of town for a couple of days, but I've kept in touch with friends and family in the fargo area and was attached to my laptop monitoring the news sites. If you want up to date coverage of the flood efforts, www.in-forum.com is the way to go. You can also try the KFGO site, especially if you'd like the talk radio stream of the "Mighty Seven Ninety" (790 on the AM dial). In-forum.com has links to WDAY newscasts as well as their talk radio AM channel, 970, which you could stream as well.

The river apparently won't crest until Sunday now...it will be a VERY long week in the area. Those of us who aren't in the town actively battling the river are involved in the outskirts, taking into our schools any students who want to continue their educational progress (or rather, whose PARENTS want that!!), housing (I know my apartment building has at least FOUR two bedroom apartments completely empty), and other relief efforts. I called my brother who lives in north Moorhead, about 6 blocks or so from the river. He lives near the Moorhead police station and Clay county jail, both of whom have evacuated. Tony's house is on a relatively high place and is protected up to 43feet. HOwever, that's what the crest is estimated to be, so he's prepared to leave if necessary.

This whole area is supposed to get more precipitation next week, either in rain or snow. I wouldn't be surprised if that Red River goes beyond 43 feet and causes massive problems all the way to the Canadian border. If that swells, all it's tributaries swell, causing a flooding chain reaction up and down the valley to towns to the west and east of the red river. As stressful as this time is right now, we need to remember to take a look around and document what's happening because this truly is history in the making!