We made the drive over to East Grand Forks after work to check out the river. The University classes are canceled until Tuesday, but we are still open for business. We are in a lot better shape for this flood than we were in 1997. We may get a record flood, but the levee system is built up to 60 feet. The Red is forecasted to reach about 53 feet here. Of course Fargo was told it was going to get 39 feet and now they are looking at 42 feet.
St. Anne's Guest Home in Grand Forks. The Stairs in front are part of the flood wall.
This is now part of the Red River State Recreation Area in East Grand Forks. There used to be homes here. They were torn down after the flood of 97 to make way for the flood control project.
This is the flood wall on Demers Avenue in EGF in the Cabela's parking lot looking north at Whiteys.
Here are some fools walking on the earthen levee next to the Blue Moose. Not a nice day for a swim. I stayed off the levee. In Fargo they would be tossed in jail.
The flood wall in front of the Blue Moose.
The flood wall in front of Whiteys and Applebees.
The Sorlie Bridge.
The Sorlie Bridge was just about ready to have water overtake the road. I'm sure is is flowing over it today.
A close up of the Sorlie Bridge looking at the flood wall in Downtown Grand Forks
The first bridge is the railroad and the second one with the Point Bridge. Both are closed.
You can see the Grand Forks Herald Building. The turnstile trestle in the middle of the river is all that is left of the old Pillsbury Railroad Bridge. It was torn down after the 97 flood. It used to turn to allow the passage of steamboats.
Heading back into Grand Forks on the Kennedy Bridge. The Kennedy Bridge may be closed this weekend.
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