Again, thankful that we don't live in Fargo! But they are doing a great job of fighting the rising waters down there. The colder temperatures coming this weekend may be helpful in slowing down the rate of snow melt, but will present new challenges if the temperature gets low enough to freeze the sandbags. They have great plans in place and hopefully will be well protected.
Grand Forks flood protection provides a great peace of mind for this girl whose only hesitation in moving up here was the risk of flooding after what happened in 1997! We really are well protected. It's not impossible that there could be a massive flood that would even overwhelm the protection in place, but it would have to be much higher water than in 97.
With the waters rapidly rising, 2 of the bridges between Grand Forks and East Grand Forks are closing today. That will leave the 1 bridge on the north end of town open to get back and forth. Jon will probably start making sure he has work brought home with him just in case the 3rd bridge would need to close too.
Here is a link to updated info about bridge closings and other information relevant to Grand Forks. There are a few photos on that site too.
If you would like to keep an eye on the live view and maybe watch them closing down the Sorlie Bridge today, click here. You can see the flood walls are already partially up.
It's kind of crazy to think that 3 weeks ago the girls and I were walking across the frozen river and now it's flooding all over the place. Girls on the river 3 weeks ago....
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Thanks for the link, Kelli. I like watching them close up the bridge. I can keep track along the bottom of my monitor screen while I work.
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