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Corey Bohn

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LMITOUT Grand Master

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Can't happen because Mr. Douglas has been pretty much spot on on his extended weather forecasts all winter, and what is the chance of a meteorologist running the table for an entire winter?

Umm, remember the Thanksgiving Blizzard that never was? Swiiinnnnnng and a miss on that one.

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They went ahead and jacked up the potential flood level in Fargo today to 60'...and for those not used to the flood numbers for us here in the Central Red River Basin...in short...that's bad. So somebody is apparently concerned with the recent weather outlook.

At that level, I'm in the deep-do-do for sure.....again.

Lets hope they are wrong, and/or at least for it to take a turn and wonders South more.

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I may have to rent a house on the north side of the Minnesota River for work. I may have to reschedule projects. I just hope they are way off on the prediction because I am sick of plowing snow this season.

Hey LMIT, that is a sweet avatar.

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They are now shifting the storm more to the South, and lessening the totals we may see on the first storm anyway. whistle

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Breaking (Weather) News: we may just catch a break.

"It's not definite yet (it never is), but the latest computer runs keep the heaviest snow well south of home next week. We may still wind up with a "plowable" accumulation by Wednesday, but the potential for a major snowfall (defined as a foot or more) as diminished. That said, I'm still a bit nervous, with a major storm (laden with moisture from the Gulf of Mexico) spinning up just to our south. If future models nudge the track 100-200 miles farther north we would be right back in the heavy snow zone. But for now the risk of major travel hassles has dropped a few big notches."

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The latest GFS models cut back (dramatically) on snow amounts. The heaviest amounts (6-10") are forecast to fall from Nebraska into northern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin, with some 4-7" amounts over far southern MN, closer to 3-5" in the metro (most of it coming next Wednesday).

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Honestly,

I am burnt out on all this snow. I know come spring time here and everything starts to melt off, this will probably be good from some of our lakes that have been extremely lower than years past. I know the people in southern mn and people around the river may have completely different opinions on this due to the floods. But as a snow plow operator (single axle dump truck w/front plow and side wing) i am so sick of all this snow. not to mention, the more snow we get the harder it is to get out on the lake for the late season bite. we are running out of room to put the snow. also, im tired of white knuckling the steering wheel. hope the snow goes away sooner than later.

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russ Community Regular

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I've learned long ago to not take to heart anything the weather forecasters have to say when they start hyping it up days ahead of time. Skip all the speculation and tell me when you know for sure. I've also learned that what weather people call a storm is more often than not just a snowfall.

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They went ahead and jacked up the potential flood level in Fargo today to 60'...and for those not used to the flood numbers for us here in the Central Red River Basin...in short...that's bad. So somebody is apparently concerned with the recent weather outlook.

At that level, I'm in the deep-do-do for sure.....again.

Lets hope they are wrong, and/or at least for it to take a turn and wonders South more.

Please understand my deepest concern for you and your family, but my question is.. When you were looking for a place to live, why pick a river basin that floods every year? It confuses me to see the shock on peoples faces every spring. Scared? Move. Why are these stories even in the news? It's like saying, "I can't believe I got struck by lightning when I was fishing in the middle of the lake during that thunderstorm." Again, please don't let this post rub you, but I just don't get it.

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OK, the answer was obvious I guess..we will just relocate 2/3rds of the population of ND then, the whole Fargo Moorhead area. Then every community up the basin will need to do the same...that will surely be cheaper. Problem solved I guess?

I'm sitting on the second highest point in Moorhead right now, the highest is the water plant and that has certain irony of it's own. So if this property is inundated, the water will go clear to Dilworth MN and beyond.

You need to realize that the grade is so subtle here once it clears a certain point huge amounts of area is immediately impacted and community's in 10 to 15 counties will be heavily impacted. It is far from a few houses that were unfortunately built too close to a river. This is a basin wide concern.

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I'm more than willing to hope they are wrong, and we see little new snow or rains in that window. First storm appears to now be a miss for us, the second predicted is a "high Concern" at this point.

Whatever the case, we are staging up 2500 sand bags for the building alone. That will likely cover us at the current levels predicted in the worse case scenario predicted, so far.

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This late ice and snow has kept alot of ice fishing electronics, tackle, ice equipment/gear from falling prices on clearance and close outs quickly. Such as Flashers are holding their prices steady at most places. I was at Joes or Mills and they are still going for retail. Although most retailers have now cleared out and readying for Spring inventory.

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