{"id":186,"date":"2011-01-13T02:48:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T02:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=186"},"modified":"2011-01-13T02:48:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T02:48:40","slug":"186","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2011\/01\/13\/186\/","title":{"rendered":"Anticipating a flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red River has flooded many times in the 30+ years we have lived in Grand Forks. <a href=\"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/20\/10-years-ago\">Until 1997<\/a>, we expected that the flooding could be handled. Now, it looks like the potential exists for another serious flood. The greatest danger is south of us in Fargo, but there is anxiety in Grand Forks as well. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/grabe\/sets\/72157615684753207\/\">I took a few pictures<\/a> today as the flood wall was assembled in East Grand Forks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/EGFfloodwall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2011\/01\/13\/186\/egffloodwall\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/EGFfloodwall.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,213\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1237718008&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;190&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EGFfloodwall\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/EGFfloodwall.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-187\" title=\"EGFfloodwall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/EGFfloodwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/EGFfloodwall.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/EGFfloodwall-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/floodwallbraces.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2011\/01\/13\/186\/floodwallbraces\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/floodwallbraces.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"213,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1237718076&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"floodwallbraces\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/floodwallbraces.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-188\" title=\"floodwallbraces\" src=\"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/floodwallbraces.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/floodwallbraces.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/floodwallbraces-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_186\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"186\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red River has flooded many times in the 30+ years we have lived in Grand Forks. 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