Red River Flood of 1997: April 5-8 WDAY-TV Coverage

[nicklebackfan]

The night the power went out in Grand Forks, ND because of the Ice Storm/Blizzard is the night the dikes failed in Wahpeton, ND and Breckenridge, MN. I remember listening to KFGO 790 AM out of Fargo (all our radio stations were off the air) in the dark and I felt so powerless (no pun intended) and scared. The winter of 1996-97 definitely changed how I looked at things.

[MeganElizabethof2012]

The blizzard happened on my 3rd birthday.

We couldn't go to Happy Joes that night =[

[Srurgisbound]

I remember this as I was with the Coast Guard (DRU-2) in Breckinridge area when we transfered seniors out of the assisted living in Breckinridge, I gave many people boat rides back to thier homes to retrive pets and items left behind.

[kittybookitty]

I would never want to go through something like this. Hurricanes are bad enough (FL).

I honestly think floods are worse.

[kamariegrosz]

I live in Grand Forks and I pray this never happens again...it's just too much...recovery took sooo long...

[gcso401]

I live 100 miles south of Fargo on the MN side. I was 15 at the time of this flood. I helped sand bag then, helped sand bag last year. never thought back then it would get that bad again.

[BehindTheLight99]

I lived in Fargo when this happened. Brings back some memories....

[Puggalug]

This is becoming a reality again. It has snowed a lot here in Winnipeg over the past 2 days, and from what people say, it's already 2 feet above 1997's level.

[N1kahnefan9]

I was 2 when this happened in Fargo. I lived only about a mile from the Red River near the border of West fargo and the worst thing that happened to us was when the river started flowing through the cul-de-sac we lived in. Pretty lucky. I'm in Alexandria MN now and am wondering what's going to happen with this new storm.

[KellyLove09]

I was 6. But now I'm 18, and we're trying to deal with this again.

[joniven615]

I was a baby and my granpa lived in the country and they came to stay with us so we had a cow living in our garage. True story

[joejonasrocks227]

i was a baby when it happened.nothing happened to my house

[ajmusic181]

i was only a baby when this happened. and nothing happened to our house thank god. just the water rose up to our driveway.

[softballstar1504]

i was 4 when the flood hit in wahp and it ruined our house and we lost everything..

[Cooldudematt123]

I live in ste-agathe. my house is a 2 min walk from the red.

[JohnnyHoffa]

Read the book "Red River Rising" by Ashley Shelby. Scientists at the University of North Dakota predicted the flood, but the Grand Forks Herald wrote such a harsh editorial that the scientists basically shut their mouths about their prediction. It's all in Shelby's fine book.

[bschott]

Thanks for this! I was a senior in HS when the flood hit (graduated in 97). I rememeber taking a few days off school to help sandbag.

[joejoebb1233]

i was 4 and i lived in GF but nothing happened to our house

[ILuvTeddy1818]

i was only 5 when it happened we only had water in our basement but my grandma's house was hit bad, she lived obly about 3 blocks from the river

[wfgadgetguy]

I was 7 years old when this flood hit. I was lucky enoug to live far enough away from the red. Ahhh, the memories.