I know that the flooding in North Dakota may have subsided but I’m sure the results are going to be felt for some time to come. I have been meaning to post this but hadn’t really had a chance to until this morning. The folks at AdFarm’s office in Fargo were certainly in the thick of it. For example, the photo is of AdFarmer Leah Brakke taking a break from sandbagging with the Red River creeping up behind her on a day when seven inches of snow fell on Fargo.
For the past week, the AdFarm Fargo employees have been busy helping their community with sandbagging efforts to slow down the flooding across the region.
Fargo-based AdFarmer Carina Emil wrote in company-wide email yesterday: “It was one long week of sandbagging at our housing developments and throughout the City of Fargo. Thankfully, each of our homes are dry and we are praying that they stay that way until the Red River falls to 37 feet or lower. As you may have heard, the Red River crested on Saturday at 40.82 feet which is a new record for Fargo.”
Now, as the snowstorm that covered Bismarck with more than two feet of snow hits Fargo, all AdFarmers are hopeful that the quickly constructed sandbag levees and earthen dikes hold and continue to protect the city.
AdFarmer Katie Pinke, who lives in Wishek near Bismarck, passed along these links to videos depicting the courageous efforts of the City of Fargo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ6X4Vc8KaY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMun8i7b768
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcMZ_0guIgE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdxtwROYTgE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKlK1bnkHNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvkE_F0LXp0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=851tKxPaOXc