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Inspections of Homes in Flooded Areas of Bismarck, North Dakota March 26, 2009.
Ray Ziegler/Flood Plan Yes, this whole area is evacuated. It is an
Administrator/City of Bismarck: area that is one mile so wide by about five or
six miles long. I think we are talking about two
hundreds homes in here for sure. I got six
inspectors working in this area right now. We
are going door to door doing external
inspections, and leaving posters to say if it is
occupiable or uninhabitable. We may have to
come back in here to get some of these areas
because we have water on the road yet. The
flood water is two feet deep in spots. Best
case scenario the ice jam dissipates to the
south, water keeps flowing which means the
elevation of this water will keep going down.
And it stays cool like this for awhile. Worst
case scenario, the sun comes out, it warms up
and that ice jam up north lets loose and plugs
up this one, then we've got real real problems
again.
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