Flood - Page 2

OTB · 03-23-2009, 03:37 PM

...Ahhh, yes, the beautiful Red River Valley.....home of corn, asperagus and sugar beets....

Miss it like dental work....

although if it weren't for the yearly floods, it wouldn't be some of the richest farmland on Earth..........

Angee · 03-23-2009, 05:24 PM

I wonder if there's a way to melt the ice enough to let that drain...?

Cutty72 · 03-24-2009, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OTB

...Ahhh, yes, the beautiful Red River Valley.....home of corn, asperagus and sugar beets....

Miss it like dental work....

although if it weren't for the yearly floods, it wouldn't be some of the richest farmland on Earth..........

BECAUSE of the floods, it is the richest farmland on earth.

Been busy hauling sandbags. Running a PLS truck with police escort to and from sandbag station to where they are needed.
At home, we are building a dike to handle overland flooding. That is our only worry as of now, as generally where I live doesn't have to worry about it. No problems in the "great flood" of 97.

Here's hoping!

Dave · 03-26-2009, 10:47 AM

when i first saw this thread i of course thought:

Mr Lefty · 03-26-2009, 10:49 AM

my dad's place is better now... they got the culverts cleaned out... water dropped 14" overnight with just the draining... enough to pull the water back 30' from where it once was...

how's your place look'n Cutty?

Cutty72 · 03-26-2009, 11:32 PM

My house and town are ok... for now at least. The closest water is down a little bit today. It was over the highway into town in the AM, and now is back off of it, so I guess that's a good sign for me.
Now I'm in Fargo fighting the flood with the Guard. They just upped the forcasted crest to 43', and are saying it could hold that level for up to 7 days!!

A few areas are being evac'd... guess we just have to wait and see what happens. We've hauled over 3 million sandbags already, and are still going.
12 hour shifts now, so i need to get to bed here soon, as the 12 hours always seem to streach out to 14+

I have some pics on my phone, when I get more time I'll try to post 'em up.

Mr Lefty · 03-27-2009, 08:54 AM

my dad spent the day yesterday at the Red River sand bagging... fun shit

Cutty72 · 03-28-2009, 12:04 AM

Well, water is going down around here still, which is good for me.

The Red is supposed to crest in Fargo tomorrow at 42ish feet, and hold that for as long as a week!

Lets hope the dikes hold

Cutty72 · 04-05-2009, 11:11 AM

Ok... finally have some time to put up pics.

A view from a dike.

We're above the law... we can walk on the dikes!

Me and my truck.

The rig

marko138 · 04-05-2009, 11:14 AM

Who even knew ND had a river????

03-23-2009, 03:37 PM	#11
OTB The Man Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CrabTown USA Moto: 00 Bimota DB4 Posts: 823	...Ahhh, yes, the beautiful Red River Valley.....home of corn, asperagus and sugar beets.... Miss it like dental work.... although if it weren't for the yearly floods, it wouldn't be some of the richest farmland on Earth..........

03-26-2009, 10:47 AM	#14
Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	when i first saw this thread i of course thought:

03-26-2009, 10:49 AM	#15
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	my dad's place is better now... they got the culverts cleaned out... water dropped 14" overnight with just the draining... enough to pull the water back 30' from where it once was... how's your place look'n Cutty?

03-27-2009, 08:54 AM	#17
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	my dad spent the day yesterday at the Red River sand bagging... fun shit