Floods

All over the news you hear about the flooding in East Grand Forks and other areas in both MN and North Dakota. We live east(way east) of the areas being talked about on the news.

What we do not hear about the other rivers and towns that are flooding. Thank goodness that we live high up. The river here in our town has begun to flood yards and some houses over the bridge in one area. Also, fields near the river are flooding.

Here is the river almost up to the road

The garage is almost waist high with water.

Every year the river rises but this year it seems to be higher than normal.

This field is almost half way covered with the river

A large area in the cemetery is under water.

It is hard to see but the water is moving fast. I did not try to cross it. I am crazy but not that crazy

I was around 5 feet away from the edge of the water and road.As, you can see by the pictures that river is rising all over. I hope it does not rise any more. With all the melting and rain it is only getting higher. The ground is still froze so when it rains it has no place to go. My yard is like a muddy swamp. I have boards to walk on so I do not sink in the mud. Now keeping the little boy on the boards is a challenge. He got his shoes full of mud so guess what he decided to use mine. And yep they got covered in mud.

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