Flood Update: Glass half full?

Posted at 5:00 PM on March 23, 2010 by Paul Huttner
Filed under: Flooding, Minnesota River, Mississippi River, Red River

Things are looking up in flood ravaged Minnesota these days.

Even with high water now and some crests still to come, many area rivers have passed crest levels and are beginning to fall at a good clip. No doubt the continued 12 day (mostly) dry weather pattern is helping accelerate falling river levels.

Here's a look at some good signs where rivers have crested and are dropping fast.

As the bubble of high water continues to roll down the Minnesota and Mississippi through the Twin Cities, the main areas of impact this week are along the St. Criox at Stillwater and along the Mississippi and Minnesota in the Twin Cities.

Fortunately the weather will cooperate and if current flood protection and forecasts hold, we may dodge what could have been a much bigger flood bullet in 2010.

PH

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