Well, I commented on our flooding river last in my last blog entry, but since then the river went on to do some extensive whoopin’ on the land north of Grand Forks. Our city has finally built adequate protection from the Red after years of getting wet and wondering what went wrong, but since we are so prepared, the land north of us (yes our weird river flows north) gets all the water that misses us, resulting in major flooding. I’m no farmer, but flying over their land lately was simply sad. It’s completely under water, and don’t see how crops will get planted on time this year. I saw several farmsteads that had no protection that had been overrun by the water. Many small towns were completely cut off from everywhere else, as all roads to and from them were impassable. Our river is intense. Here are a few aerial shots of the Red’s destruction from the air (yes I was also paying attention to my student flying the airplane while taking the pix), as well as some shots of downtown Grand Forks.
In the first pic, the snakey path at the bottom is the actual Red, but as you can see it is not containing itself...Blue Moose, Whiteys, Applebee's, etc.. restaurants from the flooded Demers bridge...
Scenic shot of the Herald building from the flooded Demers Ave bridge...
Ahh! We're in the flood!
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