Rain

The Red River crested in Pembina at 46 ft this spring. We were glad to have missed major flooding. This week some of our neighbors have not been so fortunate. It has been raining for the past 3-4 days. West of us, the Walhalla, Hoople and Cavalier areas have had more rain than we have. The town of Crystal has had major flooding, water is near the top of the Renwick Dam at Cavalier, and there has been sandbagging in Walhalla as well. This afternoon there is water coming over Highway 55 between Walhalla and Neche. Below is a link to an article in the Grand Forks Herald. So far Pembina has had a little less rain and the Red River is at 36.7 ft. It is projected to rise to 40.9 ft. in the next week.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/264116/

A Beautiful Sunday

The NWS is now predicting a crest of 47.5 ft next Saturday. There won't be much more to write.

Another Saturday

The Red is at 45.06 ft. The seven day outlook has dropped again to 48.5 ft.

I walked down to the golf course this morning to see if I could help the volunteers who showed up to lay some sandbags. They're hoping to keep the water back behind hole #1 by sandbagging the low spot and hoping to hold it back on the west of #2 by putting up a dirt dike in the lowest area.

I know more people would like to volunteer if they knew help was needed so I'll try to spread the word here if I hear of any work being done.

from the #2 tee box looking south

from the dike looking west at the #1 green

Friday

The outlook is brighter.  The Red is at 44.7 ft tonight and the seven day outlook was lowered to 49.1 ft. The flood committee met today and decided no action needed to be taken right now. They will meet again on Monday at 4:45.

There has been overland flooding in some rural areas. The water seems to be taking different routes this year and shows up in unusual places. The Pembina River at Neche is still dropping.

Wednesday

Not too much happening today. We saw a little snow in the air this morning. This afternoon we went out to the golf course and helped take the covers off the greens. For those of us who hit to the right on number 5, the ditch it full. The flood committee meeting on Friday has been moved to 4:00.

#5 looking from the green to the tee box

Waiting....

The Red River at Pembina is at 41.9 ft today and at Neche the Pembina River is 20.64 ft. We thought it would be coming up on Highway 18 at Neche by now but it hasn't. Every flood is different. They have lowered the crest predictions for Fargo and other points south. It is too soon to predict a number for us but the National Weather Service does say it should happen between May 8th and 11th.

There was a meeting of the flood committee this afternoon. About 30 people attended. Kyle Dorion and Ron Monette are the committee chairmen. I guess at this point it's a waiting game. The committee will meet again on Friday.

Today's picture is of the motocross track on the north side of the Pembina dike.

Sunday Morning

A few people closed the flood gate and sandbagged this culvert yesterday. Good thing they didn't wait until today!