The Red River Valley area in North Dakota and Minnesota is experiencing some of the worst weather lately. They are experiencing some very bad flooding because of all of the rain they have recieved lately. The Red River as of Monday was supposed to crest at about 40 ft during the weekend. Flood stage starts at 17 ft. The River continues to rise as they keep getting the worst types of weather when in flood stages. They need more than 1 million sandbags to save more than 6,000 homes that are in danger. As of now they only have 310,000 sandbags ready to go. That is definetly not enough to have when they need 1.5 million to be on the safe side. The National Guard and FEMA have been helping out. Yet, it is still not enough. Citizens have really stepped up and have been going out to help sandbag as well. Hopefully it will be enough to save those homes that people are so desperately trying to save.
I agree with Lauren on this subject. I also love the fact that people are giving up their time to go and help when people are in need. This is a crisis that needs to be taken care of as much as we possibly can. We can't really control and really know how Mother Nature is going to change and affect us, but we can prepare for it as best as we can and hope that it is all enough. It's quite amazing what some rain and snow can do to a River. Its quite amazing what mother nature can do when you let it. I cannot believe that all of this flooding and crisis has happened in such a short amout of time. It looks like the Red River Valley might even have more flooding than their record from years ago. The river is going to crest pretty high and hopefully all of the efforts to save those houses with sandbags and levies will be enough. It will be a devastating thing to clean up when it is all over, as well. Hopefully someone is watching out for them from upstairs.
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