Archive for March, 2009
Flood Photos
Posted by Juan in Family News / Noticias sobre la Familia on March 29th, 2009
About 12 hours before we broke the record. Notice the water is passing underneath the Main Avenue bridge to the right.
I have placed photos of the flood online here.
Panorama of the Flooded Red River
Posted by Juan in Family News / Noticias sobre la Familia on March 27th, 2009
We have been preparing for the massive flood here. Catherine and I have been volunteering in a variety of ways. Wednesday afternoon on the way to volunteering as a radio operator at the Clay County Emergency Operations Center, I shot the following panorama of the view from Moorhead, facing Fargo, just south of the Main Avenue bridge at 4:48pm, when the river was at 39.4 feet. It is impressive to note that the bottom of this bridge is normally about 20 feet above the river.
The Red River is now at 40.01 feet and should pass the historical record from 1897 of 40.1 feet by morning. It is expected to crest at 42-43 feet. We are pretty bloody scared right now, but everyone seems to be pulling together to save our city.
(Click on image for larger version of panoramic image)
Keep in mind this view is about 180 degrees and a bit distorted as a result. The river is normally only a few tens of yards wide here. The left hand side of this ‘river’ is actually Woodlawn Park which normally takes up all the typically floods. Also notice the light poles in the water.
The March 10 Blizzard
Posted by Juan in Family News / Noticias sobre la Familia on March 11th, 2009
We had a pretty spectacular blizzard yesterday. The total snowfall in 24 hours was something like 10 inches. But that doesn’t do justice to what this storm did. I sent this message to a friend in an email, but decided it might be fun to post it here as well.
Because I like scaring people who don’t see snow regularly, here are some photos taken during and after the blizzard.
The above photo was shot out my bedroom window. The drift there is about 6 feet high, the house next door is about 15 feet away, so the haze between it and us is due to blowing snow.
The above photo was out my Zak’s bedroom window (that’s his silhouette in the window). That drift is over 9 feet tall, about 1 foot short of the roofline. Zak thought this snow drift was “wicked.”
The view out of my garage at about 5pm, about 4 hours after first using the snow blower to get the drifts out of the way. There are drifts 3 feet high there in the driveway. Part of the reason is that we have had a cumulative 3 feet of snow so far this winter and while some melted last week so the snowpack was down to about 2 feet, it was high enough to ‘catch’ the blowing snow into the driveway, causing these drifts.
This afternoon, after a third run of the snow blower this morning to clear out the driveway and sidewalks. The snow at the end of the driveway in the boulevard is well over 5 feet high and presents an obstacle to seeing street traffic as you pull out.
Carolina demonstrating the height of the snowpack right now. She is a short one, only about 36 inches high, but still, impressive.
The south side of the house where the crazy tall snowdrift is.
Just thought you would be amused.
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