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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 10:02 PM
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As waters rise, North Dakotans rush to fill sandbags
Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Civic-minded residents of Bismarck and Mandan, North Dakota, found there's nothing like a major flood to make new friends while filling thousands of sandbags.

As cities along the Missouri River brace for the onslaught, the "Sunday Sandbag Thrown-Down" in Bismarck resulted in 1,600 people producing about 300,000 sandbags in six hours, Burleigh County Commissioner Mark Armstrong said.

"The crisis is just beginning," Armstrong said Wednesday. "There has been a great community spirit."

Over the past few weeks, Armstrong, who has filed several CNN IReport photos and videos of the river and flooding, has been sounding the alarm over the threat to the community.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/08/missouri.river.flooding/index.html
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 04:33 AM
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1. First the Mississippi, now the Missouri.
This is the real news and I haven't heard a word about it.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 06:34 AM
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2. Omaha Steve et. al have been posting local stories on it for a few days
this is the first I've heard about ND being affected, though.
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