North Dakota city remains calm as river rises
FARGO, N.D. — They passed out cigars in Fargo on Saturday, but no matches just yet, as a flood-weary city that’s spent the last week getting ready to hold back the Red River cautiously prepared to celebrate what appeared to be a successful defense against the swollen waterway.
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The river continued to inch upward toward an expected crest today a few feet below last year’s record, to be followed by a quick and steady drop.
As they waited, Fargo’s residents turned their attention to cleaning up debris in low-lying neighborhoods where more than a million sandbags held back the waters, with some taking a break for basketball.
“Last year I was not sleeping well. This year I am sleeping like a baby,” said Fargo resident Kevin Pladson, who last year counted on mounds of sandbags to keep the river away from his back deck. This year, the water isn’t close. “I’m relaxing and watching as much of the NCAA tournament as I can.”
The easygoing mood stood in stark contrast to last year, when floods along the north-flowing Red River sparked a last-minute frenzy of sandbagging that brought life to a halt and forced thousands to evacuate.
This year, resident
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