I don’t know if this will work and you will find them boring but if you scroll down you will see Oslo where Jacky lives. I think the air views show so well how very flat the land is and you can see why the water spreads and spreads and spreads. Jacky e-mailed this pictures to me. They are taken by her sons crop consultant of something.
http://www.cropnet.com/oslo2009/
Are you moving to Colorado or Texas? Latest post says Colorado, earlier post said Texas. I know colorado was the place you were thinking of going. Wish I could help you move.
Enjoy Colorado, and let us know when you get all settled in.
Joanne
We stayed at my sister’s in East Grand Forks Mon eve, took them to breadfast at a Village Inn, and the waitress lives in Oslo, and said there was only 6 inches of water over the Murray River Bridge, a small tributary of the Red, which is between I 29 and Oslo, she said its not difficult at all to drive it, which was all it took to convince Clive that we could do it too.
I said I’d just read in my Guideposts magazine, of a woman who’s car was swept off a road and she clung to a small tall tree before she was rescued, and there are no trees near the Murray River, but we went, and the waitress was right, it wasn’t that difficult, there are flags on both sides of the highway and rocks piled on the side where the shoulder is washed away by the rushing water going over the road. We made it home without seeing the DOT vans that are fining folks 300.00 for what we did. And when we got home we heard they allowed “local travel” to go through. We are very “local”. and its nice to be home again. But so much water everywhere, and our fields are under all of this, but we’ve been through it over and over, and sometimes there is so little rain through the summer that all this subsoil moisture is a blessing.
I wish our could forward the pictures our son’s crop consultant made, I’ll try to send them to you Darlyne, and maybe you can pass them on. They show a lot of Oslo, however maybe thats the ones Curtis sent to you? I’ll try.
Oh, and our next door neighbor, who granduated with our oldest daughter is a computer expert and BJ set me up with “wireless”. I’m on my laptop in the living room watching the news with my husband! I totally messed up my computer in the last motel we stayed in and asked BJ, who is stuck in Oslo too, if he could fix it. He had an extra “rotor” for wireless and set up my computer. He has learned on his own, and helps a lot of folks in the area.
I couldn’t make it work in the basement family room, but he says I need more Memory, which he helped me order and will be here in a few days. It’s so nice to have someone like him near. Clive won’t even turn on the computer, but doesn’t mind my interest in it.
The geese are flying to Canada, which is only about 60 miles from us. They have fairly neat “V” order, but sometimes I wonder, “Who’s in charge?”
Hope you all enjoy a “normal” spring. Jacky
Darlyne, those pictures convey the extent of the flooding far better than the TV news coverage did. What amazing stamina and courage it takes to go through that.
Candace
If anyone is interested here are some pictures of the flood Jackie is or is trying to drive into. I have a brother living in Grand Forks and friends and some relatives in Fargo so am keeping tabs on the flood.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/red_river_flooding.html
I spoke too soon, the forecast is for mostly rain storms tomorrow but snow is mentioned. Sigh!!
One thing about the Red flooding, that is what made the farm land so rich. I am sure that thought doesn’t enter the picture though when farmers are waiting to plant their crops.
Yes, our farm is surrounded by water as is most of the farm land. We left our daughter’s in MO a day early as our meteorologist son in law here in ND warned us of a storm near Omaha which we had to pass to get here. We are now in Fargo, where Clive has a VA clinic appt tomorrow morn. We found they have been closed until now. You can’t see the Red River or the sand bags ect from where we are, but the water is on most everyone’s mind. The Fargo Forum headlines tell of a second even higher crest when all this snow melts.
Our son says we will have to get a “green life jacket” from the natioal gaurd to travel the 4 miles from I 29 into Oslo, It is driveable, but through water.
Fargo is a nice town, there is a huge mall across the street from the motel, and a Barnes and Noble behind it. But it will be nice to get home.
Nice to hear of spring in some parts of our land, it will come here too, I know.
Jacky
It is a beautiful sunny day here this morning and the grass really greened up after the rain we had. I don’t think I would like the MN or ND winters anymore either but I also don’t like the humidity some areas have in the summer. We get a little of both here.
I am enjoying Jodi Picoults book, Handle With Care and will tell about it when I have finished. I haven’t enjoyed all of her books but this one is a keeper—-so far. Jacky is your farm land flooded?
Jacky and Darlyne, finally there seems to be relief for you in the North. Daffodils in bloom are a good sign. Just last Sunday I removed the protection from my hydrants and pipes. It promptly did go back down to mid-30′s but we should be past serious freezing. It never did get down that far in my part of town, but I’ve learned after some frozen pipes from a single night not to trust it. For you up North the contrast when you do have Spring it will be a major contrast. Growing up in Indiana, it took me years to get accustomed to not having distinctly different seasons in Houston. Adjusted now–now I don’t think I could survive what you deal with.
Candace
The daffodils are blooming here too, Darlyne, and I saw two robins yesterday and a cardnil (red bird) this am. My sister said she had two robins in her back yard, on the snow, but they’ve not returned. The river has not crested in Oslo, but our son says we can get into Oslo from I 29 if we don’t mind driving in water, which we can do.
I’m so thankful they were able to hold out the river in fargo, now they will probably build something permanent like Grand Forks, but they say it will cost between 500 and 800 million. And our son heard that since they did such a good job of holding back the river, Fargo is on the bottom of the Feb help list. Grand Forks perm. walls did an excellent job with very little public stress.
We leave for home tomorrow and since its a 12 hour drive, we’ll probably take two days. It’s our oldest grandson’s 23 birthday tomorrow, so we’ll celebrate this evening. He’ll graduate in some sort of computer sciece in May, so hopefully we can get back then.
Did anyone watch American Idol? I helped my daughter with a project at her work at UCM last night, so she taped it. I enjoy the voices, expecially when they sing older songs which are familiar to me. There’s Adam, who I do like.
Jacky
I arrived home yesterday. All flights were on time and my daughter was waiting at the airport for me. A nice surprise when I got home was a new Judy Picoult book among the two weeks worth of mail. I can’t wait to get started. It was a present from Julie. It is nice to see the daffodils blooming here.