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Originally Posted by SuburbanCalcasieu
Wow. Does this just affect a park (or flood plain) along the Red River or have the floodwaters spilled over into any neighbourhoods? And how has the Moorhead side fared?
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Only 2 homes have been lost this year and 75 are in danger of being flooded, so it isn't as if the whole city is in extreme danger or anything. If the river was a couple feet higher then things would be alot different but thankfully the Red has crested at 37.14 ft(2 ft below record flood in 1997), as long as the dikes hold Fargo-Moorhead will be ok. To put this years flood in perspective to 97 Fargo spent $400,000 on flood protection this year and in 97the city spent over $1.2 million. Some outlying towns and farms are still at risk though but it looks like most of the region will be safe this year. Here are some pictures of the flooding in Eastern ND.
Wild Rice River by Perley Minnesota
Argusville ND, 15 miles from Fargo
This in Fargo and of course the bridge in normally just a bit wider then the River
