24' high and risin. How high's the water pappa? 24' high and risin.
Flood stage on the Red River of the North at Fargo North Dakota is 18 feet. Updated predicted crest is now 39 - 41 feet.
Information is available here for anyone interested.
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/fargoflood/ We live on the corner of 13th Ave S (major east west street, 4 + lanes of traffic) and
10th St North (Major one way going north, 2 blocks west of us is the one way going south.)
Where we live is about 7 blocks from the Red, but we are sitting on a bit of a hump here.
Yesterday afternoon it started raining here, snowbanks disappearing at a tremendous rate.
Now this morning on the news the crest has been pushed up from sat/sun to Thursday.
Crest prediction of 37 - 39 feet is now 39 - 41 feet. The big 97 flood when Grand Forks got nailed was 39.5 feet here in Fargo. We have not seen water over the 39 foot mark since the 189? flood when it reached 41.
Overland flooding isn't an issue for us like it is with so many here, as we are inside a box made of the 2 interstates. I29 runs N/S and is about 2 miles west of us, I94 runs E/W and is about a mile south of us. Both are high and dry, and keep us well protected from the South and West.
On the plus side, in 97 this house was high and dry when many were not.
On the worry some side, the crest is predicted higher, and if a dirt levee or sandbag dike fails, much of Fargo could conceivably go under water like downtown Grand Forks did back in 97.
Now we have a good 10 foot Jon Boat, 2 kayaks, and a solid house. We can survive pretty well if needed for a week as long as the natural gas and power stay on.
Sump pump got replaced this weekend when it died fri night/early sat morning.
I'll fill drinking water containers and do some cleaning in the basement. But other than that we are sitting in good shape, larder and freezers are full.
But if anyone has good thoughts, prayers, etc in excess now would sure be a good time to use em.
I don't like to ask for myself, so I'll ask that you all ask to protect Mrs Ghost's house and home.
Mrs Ghost is a bit freaked out by the thought of all that water, and if the basement gets flooded all that work. So any help you can send that way would certainly be appreciated.
I'll try to keep this thread updated with information as it comes in.
Fryman or any other Fargo area AH pilots check in please if you read this.
Thanks all! <S>
Bill "Ghosth" Jamison
