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The Red River up north is prone to flooding. I vividly remember the 1997 flood. Per Wikipedia -
The video of the Grand Forks fires were riveting. How on earth do you fight a fire when all the streets are covered by water several feet deep?The Red River flood of 1997 was a major flood that occurred in April and May 1997 along the Red River of the North in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Southern Manitoba. It was the most severe flood of the river since 1826. The flood reached throughout the Red River Valley, affecting the cities of Fargo and Winnipeg, but none so greatly as Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, where floodwaters reached more than 3 miles (4.8 km) inland. They inundated virtually everything in the twin communities. Total damages for the Red River region were US$3.5 billion. The flood was the result of abundant snowfall and extreme temperatures.
Flooding in Manitoba resulted in over $500 million in damages. The Red River Floodway, an artificial waterway completed in 1968 and known as "Duff's Ditch", diverted some floodwaters around Winnipeg, saving it from flooding. As a result of the 1997 flood and its extensive property losses, the United States and state governments made additional improvements to the flood protection system in North Dakota and Minnesota. They converted former areas of development in the floodplain on both sides of the river to the Greater Grand Forks Greenway, providing year-round recreation areas for residents as well as a natural way to absorb floodwaters. A dike system was built to protect the twin Forks cities.
In Grand Forks, thousands of people, including Air Force personnel from Grand Forks Air Force Base, tried to prepare for the 1997 flood by building sandbag dikes. These dikes were constructed based on a 49-foot estimate of flooding set by the National Weather Service. The river crested at 54 feet in Grand Forks. Grand Forks mayor Pat Owens had to order the evacuation of more than 50,000 people, most of the population of the city, as a huge area was flooded. A large fire started in Grand Forks, engulfing eleven buildings and sixty apartment units before being extinguished.
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What’s interesting, however, is that the National Court Reporting Association estimated that there were only 32,000 court reporters nationwide in 2013. By next year, that number is expected to dip to 23,000, forcing places like Wichita County to new extremes when finding substitutes.
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Officials said sometime over the weekend someone went into the men’s restroom at the east campground and tore out the sink from the countertop.
They said they ripped the hot water line, leaving it running for hours.
The vandalism inconvenienced lake campers and officials alike according to City of Lawton Lake Supervisor Jim Bonnarens.
“Probably at least a half a day by the time we’re done not counting the time to get the quotes for the materials that are needed make sure nothing else is broke we’re not sure hot water wise I mean it ran continuously so elements if we find out water isn’t heating up enough could have burned up an element so some of those problems may occur later as to something that just somebody felt like ripping a sink out they stole the showerhead it’s it could have been worse but all of these little things add up,” he said.