Rural Cass County Sandbagging Efforts
Cass County Government is seeking volunteers to fill sandbags at the Cass County Highway Shop: 1201 Main Avenue West in West Fargo between Wednesday, March 27th and Friday, April 5th.
Volunteers are needed both weekdays and weekends. Weekday shifts run from 9am to 8pm. On Saturday, March 30th, volunteers are needed from 8am to 7pm and on Sunday, March 31st from 12pm to 7pm.
Cass County has a goal of 300,000 sandbags.
In this podcast: Jim Prochniak, Cass County Emergency Manager, joins IT2 to talk about rural Cass County’s flood efforts.
This is the only sandbag operation supporting rural Cass County. If your property has benefited from County flood protection in the past – or if you anticipate needing County flood protection – please consider assisting.
Interested volunteers or flood related information can be found by calling the Cass County Flood hotline: 701-241-8000.
Rural Cass County Informational Meetings
In addition, Cass County Government will host public information meetings to discuss initial flood prevention activities planned for rural neighborhoods.
– Monday, March 25, 2019 at 7pm at the Hickson Community Center, Main Street – for areas South of Cass 14
– Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 7pm in the Multi-purpose room at Bennett Elementary, 2000 58th Avenue South, Fargo – for areas from I-94 south to Cass 14
– Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 7pm at the Harwood Community Center, 210 Freedland Drive, Harwood – for areas north of I-94.
Additional public meetings may be scheduled as more specific flood predictions are developed.
More from KFGO News:
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – National Weather Service Meteorologist Greg Gust said it could a week before the Red River will start free flowing, giving cities and counties a better idea of flood crests.
He said warm temperatures this week should start to loosen up ice but colder temperatures by Friday will delay the spring thaw. Gust said the Red River needs 60 to 100 hours of above freezing temperatures to break open and a mid-April crest still stands for the F-M area.
Cass County Highway Engineer Jason Benson said overland flooding from breakouts along Red River tributaries will likely hit 2009 and 2011 levels from north of West Fargo to Argusville. He said residents in those areas, “need to get ready and be prepared.” Benson said the level of flooding along the Red main stem through Cass County is still an unknown.
Gust and Benson were among a number of state and local representatives who met today in Fargo to discuss flood preparations.
Jim Prochniak, Cass County Emergency Manager in the KFGO Studio
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