LATEST: “Massive effort” needed to protect Fargo as Red River could crest at 40 feet

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The Fargo Inforum Newspaper posted THIS
story today.

“It’s going to be a massive effort to protect the city to 40 feet,” Mayor Dennis Walaker said.

The crest in Fargo would top the 1997 flood level, and the potential for a 40-foot crest for the Red River in Fargo is about a 50-50 chance.

The city is asking for volunteers to help fill sandbags starting at 8 a.m. Friday.

To make things worse, the crest date has been moved forward a week. Kare 11 reports:

“It was kind of shocking — not as much as the elevation was concerned, but moving this thing from the first week to second week in April, back to March 28,” Walaker said. “That really creates an awful lot of heat under our people and our staff.”

Find out more about the sandbag volunteer efforts here:
http://twitter.com/fargoflood
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57966338284

In the meantime, Blue Fox is busy mobilizing Lake Minnetonka volunteers to help Fargo and the Red River Valley with their impending disaster.

Building Awareness

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These news reports are from the 1997 flooding of the Red River Valley.  This years flooding is expected to be near the same levels.  Take a look.

News Report 1
News Report 2
News Report 3
News Report 4

Blue Fox is off to a Green start.

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.

Our WebLog,  bluefoxrelief.info ,  is now online.  We are a Lake Minnetonka area based volunteer group dedicated to providing disaster relief and assistance to folks in need.  We are currently focused on helping the people of the Red River Valley prepare for and deal with the threat of flooding this spring.  We are currently putting together a group of volunteers, supplies, and equipment in order to respond to the needs of the folks in the Red River valley.  Flood victims are going to need more than a 4 leaf clover to face the upcoming disaster, so, lets make some luck of our own.

Please check back frequently!