36.4 and risin!
Expected to hit 40 Friday night, and top 41 by Sunday.
This is a hefty increase, and it was a big blow and the city is scrambling trying to make up the difference.
Many of the permanent dikes are built to 39 feet, those will now all have to have sandbag additions added on top.
Just watched a meeting, they are starting to setup contingency dikes in case we lose one.
Also working on setting up an evacuation plan.
It pretty much doubles again how many sandbags they figure they are going to need.
No one currently alive has seen the Red at these levels, and it looks like they could exceed the 1897 flood.
Mrs Ghost came home this afternoon kind of panic stricken, but 10 min of wandering around going "where do I start" followed by me walking up and saying "Cindy, they are just things, the important stuff is all high and dry" soon had her feet back on dry solid ground again.
So I poured us both a stiff drink, we sat and snuggled as we watched the news. And we'll just deal with it as it comes.
We are both tired, short on sleep, and overwrought with worry. Spirits are high, even though they may be gallows humor at times. Since both of us have health issues, we are doing our part by staying home. Passing on information, and staying out of everyone's way.
GOOD NEWS!
We are in the area they are telling people to evacuate TO! HORAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY
Every time I start getting worried about where we are, and how high its going to get. Something comes around and reminds me, you chose wisely when you bought this house, your high and dry, don't sweat it, your going to be ok.
Going to be a long haul yet, and as long as it takes to come up, it will take longer to come down.
Also the river tends to take on a life of its own when its in flood like this. What is normally 50 to 90 yards wide is a solid half mile of water here in town. But out in the country, it is probably more like 10 - 20 miles wide. When that water, all moving north hits an obstruction, it tends to start piling up. This is exactly what happened to Grand Forks in 97. The water level in the river never really exceeded what the dikes could handle. But all that water outside the banks hit an obsticle, and just piled up and went over it.
That's whats happening right now down by Hickson, Oxbow south of fargo. River gauges are exceeding the 97 level, but when that water hits a development obstructing its path, it piles up and can't get around it fast enough, so it goes over.
Thanks again to all who have called, skyped me, and posted. I can't tell you enough how much it buoy's our spirits to know that you all care, and that your out there pulling for us.
