The Red river flood history

In 1897 the Red river reached 40.1 feet high. There were no levies or dikes to hold it back or to channel it and it spread out over twenty miles on both sides that would be a total of forty miles. That flood had at least five times more water than the flood or 1997 and the flood that is occurring today.

The amount of water that can go into the Red river could be massively more than what we see today, and to plan on what we see today as a high is a very misleading thought.

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Debra C. Mar 26, 2009, 3:37pm EDT

But today we have television, so everyone can see it.

Thanks for the perspective.

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Pat V. Mar 27, 2009, 2:34pm EDT

With nothing to hold it back, wouldn't the spread be shallower than we see with dikes and dams? Or am I thinking wrong? Debra is right, though... with television it becomes more serious.

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The Red river flood history

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