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GARRISON DAM 2011: Missouri River's impact below... (11)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will increase Garrison Dam outflows to 145,000 cubic feet per second, which has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood advisory for those areas below the dam. The Corps will return the outflow to 140,000 cfs tommorrow, July 1st, and although Bismarck-Mandan appears to have crested just above 19 feet - much lower than anticipated - people are urged to remain vigilant in affected areas. Here's a look at those areas... -
MINOT, ND AREA FLOODING (14)
The Souris River crested at the all-time high Sunday, June 26th...here are images from Minot and the surrounding communities on the River. -
BISMARCK BRACES FOR HIGH WATER (18)
Bismarck is in full-blown flood mode as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares to quadruple the rate of outflow from the Garrison Dam, where heavy snowfall in northwestern North Dakota now melting coupled with big rains has resulted in the Dam's highest volume of water since it was built in the 1950s. -
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2011 FARGO FLOOD FIGHT: Eighth graders bring it... (10)
About 260 Ben Franklin Junior High eighth graders spent their school day at 'Sandbag Central' Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 as the effort to amass 3 million sandbags by the City of Fargo moved into its third day. Here's a look... -
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MN-ND FLOOD FIGHT 2011 IS ON... (8)
Minnesota officials gathered Friday, Feb. 10, 2011 in Moorhead to strategize what some are saying will be the fight of our lives... -
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TO FLOOD OR NOT TO FLOOD (2)
To flood, or not to flood? That, ladies and gentlemen, is the question.. Whether 'tis nobler, in the meantime, to shovel sand and bag it for outrageous hours on end; or, to sit idly by, in the face of a sea of impending troubles, and, by slacking off, exaserbate them... To slough off, to sleep - no more!!! – get off your ass and go to work... Fear not, for this Monday, Fargo and Moorhead each have opportunities to help out... Each city begins sandbagging operations in earnest. Fargo hopes to have in excess of one million bags ready to go for "THE MELT", while Moorhead has taken aim at about 300,000+... -
CHRISTMAS FARGO-MOORHEAD 2009: No need for dreamin' of... (10)
Today's essay is on joy in our world... -
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER... (7)
Billy Crystal no sooner got out of the limo and ducked under the Fargo Theatre marquee and it started raining buckets Saturday, June 27th as the actor was making appearance there for the Roger Maris Celebrity Golf Tournament. -
2009 RED RIVER FLOOD: Field hearing on flood protection 5/27 at Fargodome. (10)
While the Fargo-Moorhead region narrowly escaped a major flooding disaster just two months ago, efforts to hammer out long term, comprehensive flood protection are a tough sell based on both high dollars needed and cross-state challenges. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) held an official hearing of the U.S. Senate’s Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee - of which he is chairman - to take testimony from officials and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives regarding possibilities toward that end Wednesday, April 27th at the Fargodome. While a diversion project routing water around the F-M metro area through Minnesota costing just shy of $1 billion got a DOA assessment from the Corps, an alternative, levee plan for Fargo and Moorhead projected to cost $625 million was given a borderline chance of passing by the Corps. Here's a look at Wednesday's hearing... -
2009 RED RIVER FLOOD: Walaker honored, volunteers thanked May 7th (10)
Fargo mayor Dennis Walaker was the star of the show Thursday, 5/7/09 during a flood fighting volunteer appreciation party in the US Bank Plaza in downtown Fargo. -
2009 SHEYENNE RIVER FLOODS: high water continues north of West Fargo 5/3/09 (5)
The Sheyenne River continues to present problems in rural Cass County just north of Wset Fargo on Cass County Road 17 as residents ferry back and forth from vehicle parked on 17 into their homes through flood waters there... -
2009 N.D. SHEYENNE RIVER FLOODS: rural Davenport threatened (10)
A breakout at the Sheyenne River over five miles away traveled cross country to the farm home of Ted and Linda Bietz Tuesday, April 21st in rural Davenport, N.D. After washing out a major section of North Dakota State Highway 46 about four miles from their home area, it invaded residences which were not expecting such high water. Volunteers indluding students from nearby Kindred High came out to lend a helping hand with the ring dike at the Bietx residence. Larry Leshovsky, sheriff of nearby Richland County, said that the record high crest could remain for five days. -
2009 SHEYENNE RIVER FLOOD (22)
With the Fed River's second crest prediction dropping daily, the area flood fight has now shifted westward to Valley City, Lishon and points north as dikes and wills are tested up north as well. Here's a look from this week... -
BAGGIN' IT, AGAIN... (3)
Fargo officials have once again ramped up the sandbag-production operation at the Fargodome - this time outside - a day early for the expressed intention of cranking out an additional 1 million bags over and above the already 4.3 million that stunned the nation last week - by Holy Saturday. The National Weather Service may have given us an early Easter present by revising its crest #2 projection down about three feet to a range of from 38-40 feet... -
PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE...SANDBAG? (4)
A Community Prayer and Praise Gathering event was held Saturday, April 4, 2009 at the Historic Fargo Theatre. Many congregations were represented in the event, which included a freewill offering to be donated to the Red Cross and Salvation Army organizations for distribution to flood affected families and individuals. On Friday, the National Weather Service announced that there is a 75% chance that a second Red River crest could match or exceed last week's record breaking mark and a 25% chance it could go even higher than that toward the end of April. -
NEW CREST, NEW WORRIES... (4)
It was a joint news conference by Hoeven and Pawlenty to explain their unity on the idea of securing federal and state help for constructing a comprehensive flood protection plan for the Fargo-Moorhead and surrounding area but the event in a N.D. Air National Guard hangar in Fargo had a certain muted quality about it. While they are absolutely resolute about moving forward quickly on having the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers guide this project, Friday's National Weather Service announcement that they are forecasting a 75% chance of a second crest equal to or greater than last week's all-time high 40.8 feet mark cast a pall over the festivities. Mayor Dennis Walaker said later at a Fargo press conference in City Hall that he didn't want doom and gloom to overtake the heroic efforts of the last couple weeks and urged every one to rest and recharge this weekend. Walaker asserts that dikes will protect the city to 43 feet and there is enough time to make necessary modifications to any weak areas... -
DIKE BREACHED AT OAK GROVE, DAMAGE CONTAINED TO TWO BUILDINGS (13)
Mar, 29, 2009 - Fargo, North Dakota USA - Morgan Forness, principal and dean of students at Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran High School and Brian Berg, Sunday morning surveys floodwaters that flowed into the campus after a steel floodwall was breached about 1 a.m. Sunday in north Fargo. (Credit Image: ©Bruce Crummy/ZUMA Press) -
NIGHT FALL IN THE FLOOD ZONE (12)
High floodwaters necessitated the evacuation last Thursay of many Oakport Township residents north of Moorhead. Saturday, 3/28, I toured the area with Greg Anderson, chairman of the Oakport Township Board at dusk...here's some images. -
FIGHTING TO SAVE THEIR CITY (1)
It is an monumental effort by everyone involved in this all-time record shattering flood... -
BRECKENRIDGE BATTLING CLOCK AS CREST EXPECTED TODAY (7)
In Breckenridge, Minn., volunteers and city officials are furiously diking near the Otter Tail River Monday, 3/23 as the National Weather Service has predicted the river cresting today in Wahpeton-Breckenridge. -
RED RIVER'S RISE WORSENING (39)
Stop here to see all my 2009 Fargo-Moorhead flood photos and beyond.. -
MARCH SNOW CONTINUES TO MOUNT (12)
A weather system dumped between 4 and 8 inches across the Red River Valley Monday, Mar. 9, 2009, and Tuesday a blizzard is roaring at us. Here's a look... -
GRAND FORKS/ RED RIVER FLOOD OF 1997: Looking back at peak day: April19 (52)
JAN. 7, 2009...I have compiled a large number of photographs from the record-setting Red River Flood in 1997 that saw untold damage and misery in Grand Forks as well as its Minnesota sister city East Grand Forks. I flew over the areas of Fargo, Grand Forks and in between the morning of Sat., April 19, 1997 - just hours before a fire destroyed significant parts of downtown Grand Forks. It changed the city forever. -
SNOW FUN IN FARGO-MOORHEAD 2008-09 (12)
We are, once again, in the throes of winter with snow and blustery winds becoming an every-weekend occurence. Did I forget to mention we've had a little snow this month? He're a few images of the resulting adjustments we've had to make. BUY REPRINTS -
SUNDOGS OVER NATIVITY (1)
Sundogs frame the cross and bell tower Saturday morning, Dec. 6, 2008 at the Church of The Nativity in south Fargo. Sundogs, or parhelia - their scientific name, occur in nature when the sun is low and the refraction of sunlight by small ice crystals making up cirrus clouds form a circle or halo. As the sun rises, the sundogs slowly move away from the sun and gradually disappear ending this optical phenomenon. BUY REPRINT -
STARTING TO TURN... (2)
As overnight temperatures continue their downward slide, leaves are beginning to turn here and there - like in Ortonville, Minn., where the Sumac is a fiery reddish orange. -
Winter 2007-08 Fargo/Moorhead: A Look Back At Our Climate (5)
Yes, the winters are extreme in our area, but then, as a photographer, that's when I switch into high gear...Here's a few higlights (or low-lights) from winters past... BUY REPRINTS