The inevitable is upon us as the Red River makes its dramatic rise. In the last 5 days the river has completely come out of its slumber, going from frozen solid at 16' to raging out of its banks and already over 30' as I am writing this. Our current forecast puts us in at a crest of 45' by next Thursday. This ridiculous river will end up rising close to if not more than 30' in about 10 days.
We are as prepared as we are going to be at this point. Equipment is staged where it needs to be, the pumpstation and irrigation satellites have been removed, and the staff is ready to get things cleaned up as soon as the water recedes back into it's banks. Gunner will likely be coming out to dike the lower section of the clubhouse early next week depending on how the crest forecast holds up over the weekend.
I am tired of waiting on this damn thing. Let's get this over with, get it cleaned up, and start moving forward with golf season!
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Andy trying to figure out how we are going to get the 200 lb
pump off the winch on the ceiling of the pumpstation.... |
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| Pumpstation totally disassembled. |
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| The spillway beside the golf course is going fierce! |
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| Some serious ice jams just beside hole 17 |
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Water up the bench on the left side of 9, it will likely be covering the
fairway in another two days.
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