Fargo Flood: Threat From Red River Reduces a Little
The flood situation in Fargo seems to be threatening the locals lesser now compared to the past few days. Even the National Weather Service has lowered its crest prediction.
The precarious flood situation has brought life to a standstill in Fargo, an otherwise vibrant city.
Fargo is used to fighting floods, the proof of which has been the confident fight back of the people of Fargo. The people of Fargo have given a determined fight to the swelling Red River and continued to stacking sandbags to stop the rising flood water and prevent it from worsening.
According to Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker, "There's always a battle between people who say it's over when it's crested. ... This is an ongoing problem. Right now I feel all the dikes and sandbags and earthen dikes should stay in place at least until its down to 30 feet."
Even as the city crews have returned to clean up the debris, including plywood, plastic, unused sandbags, where the dikes were built, the threat, though has receded, still stands.
Compared to the last year flood, this time the residents of Fargo were better prepared, and when the situation demanded, they stood up to it in the form of placing more than 1 million sandbags in the way of the rising Red River.
However, a number of farms have been surrounded by water and turned soggy, and those conditions are likely to continue for sometime.
