One Bag at a time 4000 Show up!
FARGO, N.D. (FargoFloods.com) Volunteers at Oakport Township north of Moorhead, Minn. filling sandbags Monday, March 24, 2009, as residents prepared for record flooding from the Red River. Moorhead is across the river from Fargo, N.D. Town residents were evacuated by boat during the 1997 flood.
High school and college students were let out of class Monday to help with sandbagging as residents raced to hold off a threat of flooding from the rising Red River.
City officials in fargo planned to fill more than 1 million sandbags, but with more rain forecast they increased the quota to nearly 2 million sandbags — about 500,000 each day by the end of the week.
“We’re confident that we can get the bags delivered,” said Bruce Grubb, Fargo’s enterprise director. “Getting them made is a more daunting challenge.”
North Dakota State University canceled classes Monday and Fargo high schools also excused students to help.
River Dr in Fargo