Thursday Flood Update

As of now, the river is at 38.1 ft... the third highest it's ever been in Fargo/Moorhead's recorded history. We're still dry so far. On the way to work this morning, the water was almost up to the road a couple blocks down from our house.
Last night Josh and I decided to do some more sandbagging, so we headed out to MSUM again to get our assignment. We were bussed down to south Moorhead to add another foot onto the sandbag levee behind some rivershore properties. The river was only a few feet from reaching the dikes behind the homes. It was much different working out in the snow and cold last night than working in 55 degree weather just the day before. The sandbags were beginning to freeze up by the time they reached our line, and it felt like passing frozen turkeys. We were out until about 10:30pm.
This morning it took about 25 minutes to get to work (normally it only takes about 7) because the roads were so congested with so many bridges closed. Today there's another push for lots of volunteers to keep sandbagging and raising the dikes to 43 feet. I think tonight we'll decide what needs to be moved upstairs and make a plan for evacuation so we're ready in case the worst happens. With the information we have, we are pretty sure that our home will be OK, but we want to be prepared just in case.