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Something about the Merry Month Of May and rising flood waters in 1990 - unless of course you're busy scoring an 8-ball.Something about the Merry Month Of May and rising flood waters in 1990 - unless of... more
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Tonight on Max and Jason: Still Up
H20: Drink it or die featuring:
My week without water
Water is something I've taken for granted all my life. It comes from the tap, and flows for as long as i want it to. What would it be like not to have access to unlimited clean water every day? I want to know how the lack of water would affect my life.
http://current.com/items/89142033_my-week-without-water.htm
Toxic Seas
Abnormally high levels of toxic algae in the waters off the California coast are harming some of the ocean's top mammals. Adam Yamaguchi looks into what may be causing these deadly algal blooms.
http://current.com/items/77427651_toxic-seas.htm
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Original air date: 09/3/09Tonight on Max and Jason: Still Up
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HORACE, N.D. (AP) — Residents of the Fargo area already have survived one threatening flood crest this spring on the Red River and are hunkered down for another. For others in the region, it's been more like slow torture as they wait for high water to peak on one of the Red's little brothers.
"We've been waiting, watching, waiting. It's taking its toll, no doubt about it," Gene Wicklund said of the rising Sheyenne River, which flows near Wicklund's house south of Horace and feeds into the larger Red.
Wicklund and his neighbors are "watching the Sheyenne move a section at a time, knowing that it's going to get to them," said Cass County Engineer Keith Berndt. The Red River crested at Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., late last month just short of 41 feet, after an intense sandbagging effort that raised levees and helped the two cities largely escape major damage. The river's second crest is projected to reach 38 feet to 39 feet by next weekend.
The Sheyenne is the Red River's scenic tributary. It begins in the center of North Dakota and meanders east and south before taking a final loop north into the Red, which follows a northerly course along the Minnesota-North Dakota line.
"It moves pretty slow," said Kent Ness, who also lives south of Horace. "But it's going at a pretty good clip right now."
County officials have called in the Coast Guard to help prepare for potential emergency evacuations, possibly using air boats or helicopters, Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney said.
"That pretty much says what we believe," Laney said.
On Saturday, officials started evacuating the North Dakota Veterans Home near the Sheyenne River in the town of Lisbon. Administrator Mark Johnson said it might be a first for the 117-year-old Veterans Home. It's protected by sandbags and a dike, but a bridge to the home is at a low spot along the Sheyenne and could be blocked by high water.HORACE, N.D. (AP) — Residents of the Fargo area already have survived one... more
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he University of North Dakota has canceled classes until noon Monday while the Fargo campus of the North Dakota State University has been shut down until April 6 as the state waits to see whether the worst has passed in a record-level flooding.
By Sunday morning, two deaths and 50 injuries had been reported in flood-related incidents.
The injuries included victims of car wrecks caused by flooded roads, epidemiologist Kirby Kruger said.
Other illnesses, including mental health issues, carbon monoxide poisoning and cardiac-related events were reported, Kruger said.
Early Sunday morning, the Red River level appeared to be dropping — albeit barely. Fargo officials, however, said they were holding their breath.
“In past flooding, you have to understand, we’ve had times in which people thought it crested and then it came back and went up,” Fargo Deputy Mayor Tim Mahoney said.
“And our temperature is changing, so we will be reluctant to announce a crest until we truly feel there’s been a crest.”
City Manager Pat Sawyerville added, “We cannot think that we’ve passed some milestone here.”
By 2:15 a.m. (3:15 a.m. ET), the river was at 40.31 feet, slightly lower than where it stood earlier Saturday, at 40.61 feet. River levels were expected to stay below 41 feet and slowly drop over the next three to seven days, according to the National Weather Service.
Still, forecasters warned of “relative uncertainty” about the predictions, saying “the river will continue to behave in ways never before seen.”
“The good news, or shall we say the cautiously optimistic news, is that the river is behaving rather nicely for us now,” said Greg Gust of the National Weather Service.he University of North Dakota has canceled classes until noon Monday while the Fargo... more
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Fargo, USA — Fargo Red River hits a 112-year record with 40.32 feet level early Friday and further threatening the city with forecast 43 feet level high on Saturday that could overflow the 43 feet dike.Fargo, USA — Fargo Red River hits a 112-year record with 40.32 feet level early... more
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As the Red River continues to rise, Fargo's residents are being evacuated and officials are left clueless as to a solution.
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"Emergency responders can extrapolate the effects of the rising river, he said, but they cannot know for sure what works because they have never witnessed the river so high and therefore have no previous data with which to work.
"You get above record levels, you don't know. You have nothing to reference it to," Slattery said.
The effectiveness of sandbagging and temporary levees, as well as the direction and extent of the flooding, are among the mysteries, he said."
Looks like 2009 is gonna be yet another record breaking natural disaster year.As the Red River continues to rise, Fargo's residents are being evacuated and... more
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The old estimate was 41 feet by Saturday afternoon, and thousands of volunteers had labored throughout the day to raise the dikes around North Dakota's largest city to 43 feet. City and emergency officials had said they were confident the city would make it, but will now have to build higher.
The National Weather Service said in guidance issued late Thursday afternoon that the Red was expected to crest between 41 and 42 feet, but could reach 43 feet. It said water levels could remain high for up to a week — a lengthy test of on-the-fly flood control.
"Record flows upstream of Fargo have produced unprecedented conditions" on the river, which "is expected to behave in ways never previously observed," the weather service said.
Tim Corwin, 55, whose south Fargo home was sheltered by sandbags to 43 feet, said he wasn't giving up but was pessimistic after hearing the new potential crest.
"I've lived here 40 years and over a 30-minute span I've reached a point where I'm preparing to evacuate and expect never to sleep in my house again," he said.The old estimate was 41 feet by Saturday afternoon, and thousands of volunteers had... more
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FARGO, North Dakota (CNN) -- Parts of North Dakota's capital sat underwater Thursday, a precursor to what could happen in coming days if rivers in the state continue to rise toward historic levels and overflow. The Southport section of Bismarck was swamped with a few inches to a several feet of water, North Dakota emergency officials said.
The National Weather Service issued a foreboding forecast for the state, saying that many rivers were at flood level -- the worst being the Red River, which was predicted to have a historic 41-foot crest by Saturday.
In North Dakota, hundreds of volunteers filled sandbags and scrambled to build dikes, and officials evacuated thousands of residents from affected areas.
Video of North Dakotan's Brace For Flooding
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/26/floods.north.dakota/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
Video of Flooding Compounded By Snow
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/26/floods.north.dakota/index.html#cnnSTCVideoFARGO, North Dakota (CNN) -- Parts of North Dakota's capital sat underwater... more
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