The Red River of the north has apparently crested, and now we just await the recession of the water. They say it will be a slow process and no one will breathe easier until next Sunday when the river will be below 38 ft. All kinds of outside support is here to help monitor and repair the miles of sand, earth and even hay bale dikes. At one point today we saw
both a Coast Guard and Black Hawk helicopter flying over the city. We ventured to the river today and took a few pictures -- after all, this is an historic event! The first picture is a summer view that I found online and is simply for comparison to the second picture, which we took just hours ago.
The trees on the left side of this picture normally mark the riverbank. All of the water to the right of the trees (pretty much all the water you see in the picture) is outside the river channel.
This picture shows the Fargo side of the bridge where there is usually a cement platform for viewing the river (left of photo). You can see that the retaining wall is holding back the water from the main street bridge (right of photo) that connects the two cities.
This last picture is my favorite. There is normally a road that runs under this railroad bridge. Notice the yellow sign. The road usually has a 14ft 3in clearance.
Thankfully we are completely dry in our neighborhood. . . until tomorrow when we expect 4-8 inches of snow! Crazy.
1 comment:
Great pictures, thanks for the updates! We'll keep praying, hopefully you'll continue to stay dry and sewer free!
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