The clogged drain

The Wild Rice River at Twin Valley rose 10 feet in the last 48 hours, according to the nearest USGS stream gage. Accordingly, we have seen an equally dramatic rise in our back yard. The smaller tributaries like this fill up first, spreading out in a horizontal fashion, waiting for their turn to drain downstream to the Red River. Backed up, the cold waters swirl floating ice and debris into pools.

The spreading water spilled over the road today. We live behind the grove of trees you see in the picture above. A transfer pump was purchased in town and hauled back home while the road was still passable. By dark, it wasn't passable anymore. But we have our pump, we have our food and water, and a Sunday to watch the water go by.