1) Today was a crabby day. Last night, the city of Fargo announced that only 500 volunteers would be needed today. 95% of the dikes had been built to the level needed - 42 feet. However, around 11:30 a.m. this morning, the engineers announced the new, higher prediction for the crest would mean all of the dikes would need to be raised to 43 feet. This was devastating and heartbreaking news. Entire new neighborhoods that were previously considered safe would now need to start sandbagging. The existing dikes needed to be widened in order to be built taller. So much work to be done!
2) On a lighter note, I look and smell awesome right now. When I woke up this morning, I walked right over to my dirty clothes hamper and pulled out todays outfit. I wore a bajillion layers of clothes - more than I thought possible. I topped it all off by wearing yesterday's shirt inside out. I thought that might make it better...but PSYCH! It was still gross.
3) Joke of the day: How do you make an apple into a squash? Put it on the ground and step on it.
4) Minnesotans are the best! At our last site today, the homeowner, Jan, was the nicest lady in the whole world...for real. Inside her house, she filled her bathtub with hot water and let us take turns coming inside to thaw and soak our feet. She had heating pads plugged in around her garage with chairs next to the outlets for us to warm up for a few minutes.
5) Today's "Punk'd" moment: BLIZZARD! My dorm woke up this morning to a courtyard that looks like something from the book of Revelations. Eight inches of snow! On our way to our first site this morning, we got stuck in the snow and had to get out and push the car. Fargo-Moorhead is under a "no-travel" advisory. Won't be too much of a problem since many of the interstates and big roads are closed - some due to flooding, some due to snow. However, we were able to battle the snow.
No matter the precipitation, we're going to fight.
One day, I hope to tell my grandkids, "We beat the Red River."
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Hey, we are having a blizzard too! Went to class this morning then they announced they were shutting down the university at 1 pm. Fortunately it only took me 70 minutes to get home and I didn't get stuck at all. Good luck with your blizzard! Maybe next you will get a plague of locusts, too... :-)
ReplyDeleteWhoops, meant they closed CSU at 12 pm.
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