Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The second crest

There will be a second crest on the Red River. There is still a significant snowpack left to melt, and April rains are inevitable. While we wait for the next wave, the receding waters allow us to see what the first wave swallowed. This news comes from the Grand Forks Herald:

Authorities believe a rural Climax, Minn., man found dead in the Red River was swept away in floodwaters as he tried to cross a washed-out stretch of road in a full-size pickup.

Polk County deputies located the body of a drowned man on Sunday evening about 60 yards downstream from where his four-door 2003 Chevrolet Silverado sat up to its windows in about four feet of water, investigator Nathan Rasch said.

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