Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: April 5: News Added As I find It

I took it easy today, and will start tracking the news a bit more energetically tomorrow.

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10:00 p.m.
"Red River flooding closed schools in more than a dozen districts"
Minnesota Public Radio (April 5, 2009) (1 hour ago)

" St. Paul, Minn. — Class resumes Monday in the Fargo and Moorhead school districts. Each district lost the last eight school days because of flooding."

"But they're not the only ones."

"Minnesota Public Radio News contacted districts along both sides of the Red River and found 13 that lost at least one day of school due to flooding...."

Just for fun, I organized some of the information in the MPR article.

School days lost:

• 10
  • Kindred, North Dakota district
• 8
  • Moorhead, Minnesota
  • Fargo, North Dakota
  • Norman County West, Minnesota
• 7
  • Central Cass, North Dakota
• 6
  • Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, Minnesota
• 5
  • Richland, North Dakota
  • West Fargo, North Dakota
• 3
  • Hope-Page, North Dakota
  • Northern Cass, North Dakota
  • Wahpeton, North Dakota
• 2+
  • Breckenridge, Minnesota
• 2
  • Campbell-Tintah, Minnesota

Climax-Shelly districts, Minnesota, were open, but flooded roads made problems for parents and staff - as Minnesota Public Radio put it. Which raises an interesting point: do any children go to the Climax-Shelly districts?

Never mind.

Oslo, Minnesota was entirely cut off by the flood at one point. It's a bit north of East Grand Forks: and right on the Red River of the North. About a dozen students couldn't make it to their school in Warren then, so the met in Oslo.


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Then there were the places that didn't flood, but got snowed in.

One thing I'll say about this part of the world's climate: it isn't boring.

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Flood-related posts:

• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: April 4: News Added As I find It"
  (April 4, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: April 3: News Added As I find It"
  (April 3, 2009)
• "Fargo Evacuation and the Red River Valley of the North Flood: A Personal View"
  (April 2, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: April 2: News Added As I find It"
  (April 2, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: April 1: News Added As I find It"
  (April 1, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 31: News Added As I find It"
  (March 31, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 30: News Added As I find It "
  (March 30, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 29: News Added As I find It"
  (March 29, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 28: News Added As I find It"
  (March 28, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 27: News Added As I find It"
  (March 27, 2009)
• "Grand Forks Flood and Fire, 1997"
  (March 26, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 26: News Added As I find It "
  (March 26, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 26: Concordia College Being Evacuated"
  (March 26, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 26: Need Help? Gather Neighbors"
  (March 26, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 26 - 43 Feet?!"
  (March 26, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 26 - Pretty Good News Resource"
  (March 26, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 26 - Fargo and Beyond"
  (March 26, 2009)
• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009: March 22"
  (March 22, 2009)

List of posts about this flood:

• "Red River Valley of the North Flood, 2009"