The city of Fargo, North Dakota is surrounded by 700,000 sandbags. The volunteers in the area have made up a total of 1 million sandbags. This is in hopes to safe the city from the raising Red River. The river has already risen 3 feet in the last 24 hours. Karena Carlson, the spokeswomen for Fargo, stated that they hope the sand bags will allow the city to be protected up to 40 feet. Just last year the record was set when the river hit 40.8 feet. As of early this morning the river was already at 32.54 feet. That is more than 18 feet above major flood stage. The good news is experts are predicted the crest to be at 38 feet, which will likely occur already this Sunday. College students in Moorhead are also preparing for the flooding on the otherside of the same river.
It makes me feel good to see that there are still good hard working people in this world. When flood season comes around, the people in this area don't complain or ask for the government to bail them out. Many college students and residents in the city work together to fill and place sandbags in order to keep the city safe. It takes a lot of dedication, teamwork, cooperation, and hard work to fill 1 million sandbags and place 700,000 of those around the city. Its great that this many people are willing to volunteer their time and services for the good of the whole city.
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