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Fargo gets good news: flood waters appear to crest
2009-03-29
You should have seen the CNN anchorlady's face crumble when she had to report *that* news. She was all set with her charts-n-graphs and Historic this and Unprecedented that. The CBS radio dude helpfully reminded us that the levees Could Fail At Any Time.
Posted by:Seafarious

#3  down to about 39'10" pm today

with luck it will go down another foot by the time the storm winds hit monday evening
Posted by: mhw   2009-03-29 20:45  

#2  Too bad the Communist News Network clowns can't bother reporting the TRUTH that the Red River floods almost every year because it flows north and therefore the headwaters area often thaws first and the melt backs up against the ice/snow further downstream and - naturally - floods.

If they did, they could report from Atlanta with pictures from a local Fargo station and save the cost and the wasteful Gaia-destroying carbon expenditures of a trip to that backwater where you can't even get a proper bagel and latte and the people dress and talk funny Fargo.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-03-29 10:06  

#1  they got lucky because of cold weather that delayed runoff in the basin (this may also have annoyed CNN because it doesn't go well with their global warming narrative)

next threat is a storm that will come Mon pm through Tues. to the area.

Winds could get up to 30 mph which could result in waves on top of the standing water (also another half foot of snow).

I like the fact that the sand bags are white. It blends in with the snow and looks charming in its own way.

Posted by: mhw   2009-03-29 09:17  

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