Monday, March 23, 2009

Record flooding threatening ND & MN again...

Michael, a former employee and his family had just moved.  Micheal's dad is a pastor and he had just accepted a call to go to a church in Fargo, ND.  It wouldn't be long before his mom emailed to tell us about the flooding.  It was 1997 and the Red River had crested at 39.6 feet.

Fast forward 11 years and Cedar Rapids, IA would see record flooding.  It has been 8 months and things there is a lot of work left to do.  We learned that it took almost a decade for the recovery in ND and MN.  We have a long way to go.

They may be starting all over again.  Just Google ND Flooding and there are over 1200 initial results.  High school and college students are being let out of class as they have determined that they will need nearly 2 million sandbags by this weekend.  To quite honest, that scares me.  It has been a short 12 years and they are already looking at new record crest of around 41 feet.

Please pray for the cities and more importantly the people in Fargo, ND and Moorehead, MN as well as surrounding areas.

Living Outrageously for Christ ~ Terry