Kindred Flood Update

Today the Sheynne River is at is highest point so far.

A note about flooding in the Kindred area and the Sheynne River. The water is running out of the Sheynne River. It is right up to the edge of highway 46 just west of town and by the Gol Road. This water is running north and west of Kindred. The water is running out east of town, east of Mark Ottis and is running over the roads. The water is running out of the river just north of the Kindred beet pile and is running east along highway 46.

We are also in the middle of a blizzard. (again) We are expecting over a foot of snow. (again)

BTW, the middle person in the picture above used to ride my bus.

Video of the Fargo/Moorhead Flood - Turn on your speakers

Fargo Flood update

They've evacuated Concordia College...in fact everything west of 8th street in Mhd. Apparently it's not a leak in the dike but water pressure is sending water (etc.) up thru the sewer system. They are flooding from the sewers! yuck!

They've also evacuated Merit Care Hospital and ... the area in south Fargo that Dave's folks used to live in. (Between Linden Ave and Lindenwood Park)

Also the main streets in town are closed so that the big trucks carrying sand can get through. It took Jen Three hours to drive home from work last night because traffic is backed up.

There are 1850 national guardsmen in town. They took over sandbagging on the south side of town. It's too dangerous for volunteers to be in that area.

Today all non essential businesses are closed. All week everyone is either sandbagging or glued to the TV. The river is higher than it ever has been in written history. It passed the 1997 high stage last night at about supper time. It passed the all time high est stage (1897) at about 1AM. The mayor said "The city is in uncharted territory."

But this morning they said that prayers are being answered. First the rain had turned to snow...slowing the run off then the temps unexpected dropped....slowing the water down. (That was a big fear cuz the speed of the river was much faster than it was in 1997 which causes unexpected problems.) We got 9 inches of snow yesterday. Can you imagine if that had been rain instead of snow?

History in the making............

Check out today's article in the New York Times: http://bit.ly/3ngSr

Flood

How are we doing? Pastor Andrew from the Kindred Lutheran Church sums it up this way:

"If you haven't heard by now, the predictions for Fargo-Moorhead have gotten worse. The National Weather Service has raised the crest prediction to between 41 and 42 feet and potentially as high as 43 feet by Saturday for the Red River at Fargo-Moorhead--higher than 1997 and higher than the record set in 1897. The information is available at the Forum website.

Many of our brothers and sisters in Oxbow have already had to evacuate. The city of Moorhead is recommending residents in a large portion of south Moorhead prepare to evacuate--south of I-94 and west of 8th Street . The evacuation call is not mandatory at this time. The Oakgrove neighborhood is also facing the possability of evacuation.

Things here in Kindred are looking pretty good. Even though the Sheyenne is rising we should all be safe. Volunteers are doing a marvelous job building dikes. Our leaders are doing an excellent job coordinating and fighting the floodwaters under etremely difficult conditions."

Walcott Flood

Flood Prep

I spent this morning helping fill sand bags in Kindred. They are predicting flood waters higher then in 1997 (which was the 100 yr high). So today with good weather, and time off... it was a good day to start getting prepared. What will this next week bring? Check out some more pictures here: http://bit.ly/P19W

Bunco!

We got together to play Bunco at Shirley's place. We sure have a lot of fun. Check out our (usually outdated) website: www.buncobabes.info

What a perfect Saturday!

I had today off. For the past couple months, I've been working Saturdays..... but not today. I picked up my mom and we did some shopping. Later I met my daughters, Jen and Jamie, for lunch. I had some time to myself which I spent with my netbook in the food court of West Acres. The evening was spent with my husband watching the movie "Fireproof." What a perfect Saturday!

Where did the school go?

It's amazing how much snow there is. These are pictures of Davenport School. They had to remove the snow by the door so that the kids could get in. No one can see out the windows because the snow reaches the roof!

Even MORE Snow!

Check out these pictures of our bird feeders. The picture on the left was taken last June. The picture on the right was taken a few minutes ago. This is the third time this winter that we've gotten a foot of snow at one time.

Happy Birthday Debbie

Happy Birthday Debbie!

I forgot my camera...but then
(to Deb's disappointment)
I remembered my cell phone. ha ha