Sandbagged

The flooding Missouri River in Bismarck is on the way down, now the sandbags have to be taken down...

And I am beat...
Our friends to the north did not fair so well...

Missouri River Carves A Wider Channel

Increased flows are widening the channel, this is why its not rising as much as first thought....





Tip of the hat to Say Anything.

Trying To Beat The Odds

A few pictures of how high we are being told the water will be in the next few days( in the daughter and son in laws neighborhood) according to the Army Core of Engineers. I will have more later, I am whipped...

Some have already lost the battle and the big releases from the Garrison dam don't start until 
tomorrow.

Current release is 80,000 cfs
Monday May 30th 85,000 cfs
Wednesday June 1st 105,000 cfs
Thursday June 2nd 120,000 cfs and hold at this rate for about a week.

150,000 cfs is expected to happen at an un-announced date.

100 Year Flood Hits Home

Above average snowpack in Montana and heavy rains in the western part of the state have caused a problem in Bismarck N.D.

For those keeping score, I live in Bismarck.

My home is safe, but daughter and son and law(and the 2 grand kids) live right off the river and no doubt will be evacuated (not their house pictured). 
The big Lake Sakakawea was running so low 4 years ago new access had to be built for boating. At the time it was said it would take 20 years of above average snow and rain to fill it back up. In just 3 years the lake is just shy of going over the top of Garrison Dam.
To my knowledge the Missouri river has never flooded in Bismarck(with the exception of an ice jam problem 2 years ago) since the Garrison Dam was built in 1953...