Fargo is begging people to help fill sand bags. They estimate a need for two million sandbags. All schools and colleges cancelled their classes to create more manpower.
Residents in Bismarck's Fox Island area are being asked to evacuate. They say ice jams down river are causing the river to rise rapidly. Frightening.
About 75 families in Linton, ND, have abandoned their homes. One of them is very close to my heart - my bonus cousins (Corey's uncle and his family). They are the same family that visited our house Friday. It is sad, sad news.
It's hard to grasp what is happening. The areas that are flooding were not built teetering on riverbanks. They do not flood every year. They were not carelessly built with the knowledge that one day they could flood. It's just a bad year. A '100 Year Flood' ... a freak occurrence. And yet, the water continues to rise. Prayers are needed.
I'm home sick today ... stationed at my post (on the couch), watching the news. We're still forecasted to get about a foot of snow, starting tonight.
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