Friends in Low Places

Make that low-lying places. The Red River and surrounding rivers are expected to be near or above record levels by the end of this week, triggering a massive flood response in the area. Luckily, we're across the tracks (hmm, sounds like a good name for a blog) so our house should be dry.
Yesterday I went over to Kragnes, MN to help sandbag a friend's house along the Buffalo River. Later that night, I went with our neighbor Ben to help out at "Sandbag Central" in Fargo to help fill sandbags. We finished up around 2:30 in the morning, and came home. I originally was thinking that would be it for volunteer work for the weekend, but another friend called this morning. They also live along the Buffalo, but in Georgetown, MN. I spent the day helping with the sandbagging effort there.

The bridge to Georgetown. If you look closely, you can see a log lodged on the girder from the last high water event.



The mighty Buffalo River. There's a lot of ice on the river yet, but it is flowing.


Lots of sand.


We received an alert tonight that the water has been shut off to the city of Horace because the lift station failed. Hopefully that gets fixed shortly.

More flood news tomorrow, I'm sure.