Historical Flood In Minot
Historic Flood Hits Minot
The sounds of a siren crushed the hearts of an entire city as water overcame the dikes and flooded the streets. The people of Minot, North Dakota heard the siren and knew that their lives were about to greatly change. The Souris River topped the dikes in Minot on June 22, 2011. About twelve thousand residents were evacuated out of their homes after a desperate attempt to build sandbag walls around their houses and neighborhoods. All that the residents were able to do was watch from afar as water rushed into and destroyed their homes.
After what was considered a wet winter, the levels of the Souris River were at an alarming level. With snow melting and draining into the river, the water levels were reaching dangerously …show more content…
Keegan Byre, a resident whose home was in the danger area said of hearing the sirens, “It was devastating. We knew it was going to happen, but to hear the siren and know that your home was going to be under water, it was tough.” With water levels about to surpass the historic flood in 1969, residents knew that this was a once in a lifetime flood. My grandfather, Dale Davy, who lived in Minot during the 1969 flood, said, “Scientists said that the 1969 flood was a once in a hundred-year flood. I never thought that I would see a flood that would be worse than the one in 1969.” The flood had even exceeded record breaking flood levels from the flood in 1881, and the US Army Corps of Engineers estimated the flood to have a recurrence interval between 200 and 500-years. By the time the water had finally quit rising, there were areas of the city where all a person could see was the roofs of houses. Many houses and building were completely submerged under …show more content…
The people of Minot and the surrounding areas came together, though, and were determined to rebuild and be better than it was before. When the water returned to its banks, people took a couple days to grieve over their lost property. Before long though, Minot residents began tearing down the old, destroyed structures and began working to rebuild. Not only were they rebuilding their city, but they were rebuilding their home. Byre said, “it was really amazing to see how the people of Minot came together and worked together in order to remake our city. Everyone was determined to rebuild the city even better than it was
The sounds of a siren crushed the hearts of an entire city as water overcame the dikes and flooded the streets. The people of Minot, North Dakota heard the siren and knew that their lives were about to greatly change. The Souris River topped the dikes in Minot on June 22, 2011. About twelve thousand residents were evacuated out of their homes after a desperate attempt to build sandbag walls around their houses and neighborhoods. All that the residents were able to do was watch from afar as water rushed into and destroyed their homes.
After what was considered a wet winter, the levels of the Souris River were at an alarming level. With snow melting and draining into the river, the water levels were reaching dangerously …show more content…
Keegan Byre, a resident whose home was in the danger area said of hearing the sirens, “It was devastating. We knew it was going to happen, but to hear the siren and know that your home was going to be under water, it was tough.” With water levels about to surpass the historic flood in 1969, residents knew that this was a once in a lifetime flood. My grandfather, Dale Davy, who lived in Minot during the 1969 flood, said, “Scientists said that the 1969 flood was a once in a hundred-year flood. I never thought that I would see a flood that would be worse than the one in 1969.” The flood had even exceeded record breaking flood levels from the flood in 1881, and the US Army Corps of Engineers estimated the flood to have a recurrence interval between 200 and 500-years. By the time the water had finally quit rising, there were areas of the city where all a person could see was the roofs of houses. Many houses and building were completely submerged under …show more content…
The people of Minot and the surrounding areas came together, though, and were determined to rebuild and be better than it was before. When the water returned to its banks, people took a couple days to grieve over their lost property. Before long though, Minot residents began tearing down the old, destroyed structures and began working to rebuild. Not only were they rebuilding their city, but they were rebuilding their home. Byre said, “it was really amazing to see how the people of Minot came together and worked together in order to remake our city. Everyone was determined to rebuild the city even better than it was