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Published March 15 2010

Photo gallery: Red River flood photos (March 15, 2010)


Fargo City Commissioner Dr. Tim Mahoney speaks about levee preparation during a Monday morning press conference regarding Fargo's flood preparations as Mayor Dennis Walaker waits in the background. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

  • Fargo City Commissioner Dr. Tim Mahoney speaks about levee preparation during a Monday morning press conference regarding Fargo's flood preparations as Mayor Dennis Walaker waits in the background. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Fargo City Commissioner Dr. Tim Mahoney, left, conducts a flood meeting with Mayor Dennis Walaker Monday morning in the Fargo City Commission chamber. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Moorhead City Manager Michael Redlinger conducts a press conference Monday morning to announce the city's flood fighting plans. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker talks during a Monday morning press conference about the city's preparations for a flood fight. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Karry Hoganson lays sandbags Monday behind his home at 3638 River Drive in south Fargo. His neighbor's home was demolished earlier this month to make way for the clay dike next to his home. Hoganson bought the home in 2002. "I thought I'd have to do this every 10 years," he said. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Jordan Aalgaard, left, lays sandbags with his friend, Steven Pranke, both of West Fargo, at the south fargo home of Aalgaard's uncle, Karry Hoganson, at 3638 River Drive. Some of Hoganson's neighbors took buyouts and their homes were demolished this month to build the clay levee at right. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Trucks carrying sandbags gets a police escort Monday southbound on Fargo's 25th Street near Interstate 94. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Oakport resident Kent Krabbenhoft, center, shovels sand Monday as area neighbors Tim Peil and Cindy Siegel hold bags and Rich Martin lends a hand while Jay Field from the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers Public Affairs Office documents the activity at the Krabbenhoft residence at 5905 12 St. S. in Oakport. David Samson/The Forum
  • Water creeps in on the Bill Dale residence in Kragnes, Minn. David Samson/The Forum
  • The swollen Buffalo River flows over the Clay County 5 bridge in Kragnes, Minn. David Samson/The Forum
  • Fargo North senior Joseph Karlins grabs a pallet while working Monday night at Sandbag Central in north Fargo. David Samson/The Forum
  • City of Fargo employee Aaron Cockfield wraps a pallet of sandbags Monday night at Sandbag Central in south Fargo. Originally from New York, Cockfield has lived in Fargo for a year and is amazed at how the city has rallied together to fight the impending flood. David Samson/The Forum
  • Sandbags are loaded on flatbed trucks at the sandbag warehouse facility located south of Main Avenue on 28th Street in south Fargo. David Samson/The Forum
  • A sandbag truck turns on to Main Avenue after being loaded Monday night at the warehouse on 28th Street South in Fargo. David Samson/The Forum