Comments | vakkotaur: Water, water

vakkotaur

Water, water

Sep 15, 2004 12:45

Record rainfalls.
Schools closed.
Livestock moving to the higher ground.
Some pastureland looking more like a lake.
Stocks of sandbags being depleted.
Roads closed due to flooding.
Stranded people being rescued by boat.

That's not from Ivan, or any other hurricane. That's what happened overnight and this morning in southeast Minnesota.

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Comments 4

fiddle_dragon September 15 2004, 12:20:03 UTC

yeah, it was nasty around Lakeville/burnsville this morning, but nothing too serious, and school was in session

jmaynard September 15 2004, 13:39:28 UTC

Damn.

At least my record of being out of town when the worst weather hits is pretty much intact...

willowisp September 15 2004, 15:08:25 UTC

They could always send it our way. As per usual, ABQ had below average rainfall, and that's after taking into account the fact that it's desert.

vakkotaur September 15 2004, 15:34:05 UTC

You and tenax make it clear that New Mexico would be probably thrilled to have one of North Dakota's problems. The level of Devil's Lake is rising and shows no signs of stopping, so there are plans to try to empty some of the excess water into the Red River, this is something that some in Minnesota and Canada (the Red River flows north) are against. After the 1997 flooding, that is understandable.