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Amazing photos from Fargo, N.D.

 
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Kimbop



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:35 am    Post subject: Amazing photos from Fargo, N.D. Reply with quote

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/red_river_flooding.html

"It's to the point now where I think we've done everything we can":

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090327/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding

You never heard anyone say that during Katrina.
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Kuros



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Of course the cold is kind of an ally, here.

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City Administrator Pat Zavoral said the cold firms up the bags, strengthening the dikes. "If you lay loose bags and now they're frozen, they're like a frozen ice cube. It's good shape.

But the freezing temperatures actually helped stave off worse flooding; officials said the river was rising more slowly because the freezing temperatures prevented snow from melting.
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