Flooding Crisis at VCSU

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We are now into May and things are finally starting to settle down. Valley City is slowly beginning to get back to normal but still normal is a little ways off. They are starting to remove dikes from bridges so that travel around town is a little better. The road are not the best because of being traveled on by trucks.

I have begun doing some research on the events leading up to the flood of 09. Looking back the winter was harsh and probably one of the worst winters that I can honestly remember. I do remember 97 but I was a bet younger to truly remember how much snow we had.

I have been looking throughthe Fargo Forum (www.in-forum.com) and the VC Times Record (www.times-online.com) to find info leading up to this crisis.

I truly feel that the last blizzard we had in March played a big role in a lot of our flooding. I am still looking to find the exact amount of snow but i know it was a lot. The drifts in places we as high as 10 feet. I have done a lot of research but still have a lot to do as I want to go back and get the snow amounts from each major snow fall we had in the Valley City area. I also want to get some quotes from some members of the Valley City community. I feel that the community were the ones who truly did the work to get through this major crisis and they are the ones we made the difference.