Red River Of the North megaflood thread

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS


Southeast coast does not have a history of being hit by hurricanes every year,

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[Soulchaser]

Originally posted by: Auryg
jamesbond- I'm perfectly fine with farmland; I like to live in rural areas myself (although I prefer woods to plains). I just don't know of any reason why there's two fairly large cities right next to each other and the Red River. I'm guessing the towns used to be for shipping, although the river really isn't that large...and of course, now there's infrastructure and schools and all that.

Fargo started as a railroad town. I believe Moorhead grew because at at one point back in ye olden days their bars were able to stay open later than ours since they're in a different state and close.

I don't get why everybody thinks we have horrible floods every single year or something close to that. Yes the river rises every spring but with snow melting what else would you expect? There hasn't been any sort of flooding like this since 1997, and by that I mean flooding that could damage the town.

 

[KK]

Sounds like y'all need another river.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS


Southeast coast does not have a history of being hit by hurricanes every year,

This post earns my /FACEPALM of the day!

26 since 1900 have hit the gulf coast and/or southeastern seaboard. 1 for approximately every 4 years.

Get an education.

 

[Auryg]

Originally posted by: Soulchaser

Originally posted by: Auryg
jamesbond- I'm perfectly fine with farmland; I like to live in rural areas myself (although I prefer woods to plains). I just don't know of any reason why there's two fairly large cities right next to each other and the Red River. I'm guessing the towns used to be for shipping, although the river really isn't that large...and of course, now there's infrastructure and schools and all that.

Fargo started as a railroad town. I believe Moorhead grew because at at one point back in ye olden days their bars were able to stay open later than ours since they're in a different state and close.

I don't get why everybody thinks we have horrible floods every single year or something close to that. Yes the river rises every spring but with snow melting what else would you expect? There hasn't been any sort of flooding like this since 1997, and by that I mean flooding that could damage the town.

Wow, Moorhead's history is sad then 😛 And it's probably because almost every year we hear how close it is to being another bad flood. Basically, if a rain storm hits this time of year, it's going to flood. Period. Which is what happened this year. Anyways, isn't even every 12 years bad enough?

Anyways, it's not like any of this matters; the whole town isn't going to suddenly move away because of this. Hopefully it'll be enough to have it slowly die though and people can relocate to somewhere less disaster-prone.

jamesbond- Yeah, I figured it wasn't for shipping..I've fished on the Red River before, and like I said, it's not very big. Heck, maybe fargo/moorhead should just move the river! And Duluth's hills are nice, except in the winter. Which is most of the time. Ugh. They should have made a Crazy Taxi level in it though.

 

[Scooby Doo]

We're not moving anywheres 😛

Minor floods are more of a nuisance, and this wasn't minor nor common, the last major flood was in 1997 and before that in 1897. At least you can fight floods and win, try it with hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, forestfires, tsunamis or flash floods 😉

 

[abracadabra1]

Just a FYI, many east coast helicopter squadrons have received tasking to possibly go and help in the relief effort. I imagine we'll be secondary assets with the west coast providing the majority of the help.

 

[Scooby Doo]

I wouldn't be surpised if they were for severe emergancy situtation, (last ditch) and/or for rescueing those out in the country. Also I heard they might be using helicopters to gently deploy sandbags in areas that need reinforcing.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS


Southeast coast does not have a history of being hit by hurricanes every year,

This post earns my /FACEPALM of the day!

26 since 1900 have hit the gulf coast and/or southeastern seaboard. 1 for approximately every 4 years.

Get an education.

since colonization, the rr valley has had 3 major floods. 1897, 1997, 2009. That's once every 45 years.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: Soulchaser

Originally posted by: Auryg
jamesbond- I'm perfectly fine with farmland; I like to live in rural areas myself (although I prefer woods to plains). I just don't know of any reason why there's two fairly large cities right next to each other and the Red River. I'm guessing the towns used to be for shipping, although the river really isn't that large...and of course, now there's infrastructure and schools and all that.

Fargo started as a railroad town. I believe Moorhead grew because at at one point back in ye olden days their bars were able to stay open later than ours since they're in a different state and close.

I don't get why everybody thinks we have horrible floods every single year or something close to that. Yes the river rises every spring but with snow melting what else would you expect? There hasn't been any sort of flooding like this since 1997, and by that I mean flooding that could damage the town.

Wow, Moorhead's history is sad then 😛 And it's probably because almost every year we hear how close it is to being another bad flood. Basically, if a rain storm hits this time of year, it's going to flood. Period. Which is what happened this year. Anyways, isn't even every 12 years bad enough?

Anyways, it's not like any of this matters; the whole town isn't going to suddenly move away because of this. Hopefully it'll be enough to have it slowly die though and people can relocate to somewhere less disaster-prone.

jamesbond- Yeah, I figured it wasn't for shipping..I've fished on the Red River before, and like I said, it's not very big. Heck, maybe fargo/moorhead should just move the river! And Duluth's hills are nice, except in the winter. Which is most of the time. Ugh. They should have made a Crazy Taxi level in it though.

actually it rains every spring constantly, for like a month, every year. Even without the rain (which mostly ended up falling as snow, and thankfully hasn't melted) it still would have been a record flood. I don't know where you get your grudge from, you seem really bitter about all this.

 

[Scooby Doo]

And this flood is a bit different than the 97 one. We had plenty of time to prepare for that one. This one the crest predictions came at a surprise, plus the rains right before it. I have no clue about the 1897, I'm not that old 😛 As long as it stays cold now the latest snow storm isn't a major concern yet.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: randay
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Fuck that shit.

Also, +1 reason I am glad I left Minnesota in 1997.

Of course, now I have to deal with an inferior education system and illegals that walk around freely.

Which state do you live in? I personally consider MN one of the best places in the country to live and raise a family.

MN is still my favorite, but I couldnt find work there I after I left the Navy.

The navy had me stuck out in the peoples republic for 3 years and I hated it. When I got out I found a job in Oregon and that was pretty nice, but it shut down and I got layed off.
Ended up in Virginia so I could live with my mom anf go to college (pretty pathetic for a 29-year-old).
I used to like Virginia but it has the same problem that MN has now: Too many god damn illegal aliens and nobody does anything about it. At least in MN they had the good sense to keep their heads down.
In VA they are actually proud to be walking around freely with no fear of the law or the US government.
And considering the quality of education I am getting here, I probably should have gone back to MN for college. My dad had a friend in Duluth I could have stayed with.