By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
A special County Commissioners meeting was held in the commissioners room of the Ransom County Courthouse Tuesday, March 29. The main purpose of the meeting was to sign mutual aid agreements dealing with the possible 2011 flood fight. Read the rest of this entry »
By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued updated flood predictions for the Sheyenne and Maple Rivers. A news conference was held on Friday, March 25 by the NWS. Greg Gust, Warning Coordination Meterologist, Grand Forks, issued an update including data from the storm on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 22 and 23. Read the rest of this entry »
Sheyenne River Level as of March 28, 2011
Maple River Flood Level as of March 28, 2011
By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
What happens when you get Boy Scouts together? The dads come up with an idea for an automated sandbagger to help fight the flood in Lisbon. Brian Shelton and Allan Stulz were at Boy Scouts with their sons back in December, 2010 when they started thinking about a sandbagger. They came up with a rough sketch and Stulz took it to a friend who put it on CAD, a computerized drafting program. Read the rest of this entry »
By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
Rumors abound that the March 11 and 12 storm would present a great deal of problems down stream from Bald Hill Dam. According to Richard Schueneman, ND Flood Control Project Section Supervisor at Baldhill Dam Office, that is not the case. Read the rest of this entry »
By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
The city council has decided to move forward with the buyouts that have been pending since the 2009 flood. The idea was long in coming and first presented to the city in a public meeting at Lisbon Middle School gym Monday, Jan. 31. At last week’s city council meeting Irv Rustad, Executive Director at Lake Agassiz Regional Development Corporation who was hired by the city to work with FEMA on the buyouts issue, reported to the council that the appraisals had been completed. The paperwork was sent to FEMA for approval Monday, March 7. Read the rest of this entry »
By Janet Hansen
Approximately 25 county and city officials, along with response team members and law enforcement officers met with the newly hired Ransom County Emergency Manager, Tricia Kriel, on Thursday morning, Feb. 24, to discuss flood preparedness.
Kriel went through a check list with those present. The first topic addressed was Lisbon’s levee situation. City engineer, Tracy Eslinger, Moore Engineering, explained that the current levees are at various levels, basically ranging from 15 to 17 feet. “The Highway 27 bridge floods when the river reaches 19.5 feet,” he stated. Most of the emergency levees in previous years have been built to protect the city to the 19 foot stage. It was mentioned that some of the levees have been removed for drainage purposes and will need to be filled back in. Read the rest of this entry »
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