Historic Flood in my Hometown (PHOTOS)

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Friday June 24, 2011 · 3:18 PM PDT

2011/06/24 · 15:18

I am currently with family in Burlington, ND, which is eight miles west of Minot (more photos at the WaPo link). For those that are not aware, Minot is currently being devastated by historic floods.

For some background:

here's my diary from Wednesday;
imonlylurking has been liveblogging the flood with tons of helpful links here, here, here, and here.

Local CBS affiliate KXMC's amazing facebook page is here (you don't have to be a member of facebook to view the page). There are some great viewer photos on here that KX has been incorporating into their coverage. Here is the streaming page for KX, where Minot's own Josh Duhamel (of Transformers fame) has been following while in Moscow (he called into KX here), while using his celebrity to get our message out to a larger audience. KX has continually been putting up cameras on tops of buildings to give viewers more and more shots of their city. If you have some time, and are interested, I highly recommend you following along here.

The crew at KX has been on-air 24/7 for the past week or so, and they have been nothing short of perfect in their coverage. I cannot adequately put into words how great they have been.

The Minot Red Cross chapter's website is here, for those so inclined to help out. Please and thank you for your donations in advance.

Update - 7:15 CDT: WOW! I just heard on KX that our little town of Burlington, all 1,100 of us -- with outside volunteers, of course -- filled over 650,000 ... 650 freakin thousand! ... sandbags in the past week or so. Just wow.

Photos -- taken with my phone, so apologies in advance if they're not the best quality --below...

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Wednesday June 22, 2011 · 5:43 PM PDT

2011/06/22 · 17:43

... that's how Minot Mayor Curt Zimbelman ended his press conference yesterday.

You may not have heard, but the face of Minot, ND is about to be changed for quite some time. At 12:57 pm today -- five hours before evacuations were scheduled, when water started overtopping the dikes -- the sirens in town blasted, signaling that it was time for approximately one third of Minot's population to undergo mandatory evacuation:

Nearly 500 North Dakota National Guard soldiers are in the town of 41,000 people to help the last stragglers in the affected area get out of harm's way. They are accompanying the roaring sirens with shouts of "All residents must evacuate!"
"We've never seen anything like what we're expecting," Minot Mayor Curt Zimbleman told ABC News. The mayor had warned residents previously today that the river could top the levees earlier than expected, and has been urging residents to leave potentially affected areas.

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Minot is expecting the worst flooding it has seen in nearly four decades, when severe flooding of the Souris River devastated the city in 1969. The same river reached 1,555.4 feet above sea level during that destructive flood time, and this time it could reach 1,563 feet.

This is the second time Minot residents have had to flee their homes. About 10,000 people were told to evacuate potentially affected areas earlier this month when the river climbed to 1,554 feet. They were eventually allowed to return, but were told to remain on high alert as heavy rain and the spring melt have swollen the river as it curves down from Canada.

Links and more below the orange squiggly thing.

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Thursday February 17, 2011 · 7:45 PM PST

2011/02/17 · 19:45

Let me say off the bat that I am in no way affiliated with the brave Wisconsin 14, as they are being called. I'm just here to get the message out.

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Tuesday August 17, 2010 · 9:22 AM PDT

2010/08/17 · 09:22

I wrote about my job as campaign manager for North Dakota Secretary of State candidate Corey Mock in this diary.

Our opponent is not a fan of campaigning, feels entitled to the office, and is getting very scared. So he decided to call in the ED of the NDGOP to take over his campaign. The fun started last week.

Join me below, won't you?

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Monday June 28, 2010 · 7:58 AM PDT

2010/06/28 · 07:58

First off, here's a little background on me. My name is Robert, and I graduated from the University of North Dakota last month with a Political Science degree. It took me a little longer than most, as I took some time off to work random jobs, including a semester to work as an Organizer for the Obama campaign. I also worked for SEIU as an Organizer during the healthcare battle, and as an Organizing Fellow with the PCCC.

Needless to say, I've learned from some of the best. Nay... the best. And now I'm using that experience to run a campaign.

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Wednesday January 06, 2010 · 10:05 AM PST

2010/01/06 · 10:05

Last night, I wrote that the Progressive Change Campaign Committee was asking folks to send in notes to my senator, Byron Dorgan, asking him not to retire.

Some great news! Overnight, over 1,000 notes were submitted. The Plumline's Greg Sargent just wrote a post about it.

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Tuesday January 05, 2010 · 8:23 PM PST

2010/01/05 · 20:23

Hi, this is Robert Haider -- a PCCC fellow. My senator, Byron Dorgan (D-ND), announced today that he plans to retire after 2010.

As a lifelong North Dakotan, let me tell you: We need Byron Dorgan. He consistently fights for the little guy against big corporations, even when other Democrats won't.

It may be a long shot... but if thousands of us tell Byron Dorgan we need him to keep fighting for us, maybe he'll reconsider.

Will you sign this rapid-response petition urging Senator Dorgan not to retire?

It says:

"Senator Dorgan -- don't retire! We need people like you in the Senate, fighting for the little guy against corporate power. Please keep fighting for us, and we'll fight for you."

Let's aim for 1,000 signers overnight. We'll deliver all signatures and notes directly to Byron Dorgan.

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Monday November 30, 2009 · 2:06 PM PST

2009/11/30 · 14:06

Hello Kossacks... my name is Robert and I am a Fellow with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. Here's some updates on our campaign targeting Blue Dogs, as well as the next steps we are taking as we continue the fight against Joe Lieberman.

When Blue Dog Democrats voted against health care reform in the House, we asked folks to help fund online ads targeting 10 of them back home.

Check out the amazing media pressure these ads generated at the bottom of this diary -- from Florida to South Dakota and many states in between.

Plus, as a result of the ads, many voters (and volunteers/donors) in Blue Dog districts are signing up with the PCCC to only support progressive candidates in the future.

Now we're targeting Joe Lieberman, who continually threatens to help Republicans block a vote on the public option.

Can you help us raise $45,000 to run online ads 4.5 million times targeting Lieberman? Click here to chip in $4.

[Update: Thanks for the rec list! Please keep them coming.]

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Tuesday April 08, 2008 · 5:47 PM PDT

2008/04/08 · 17:47

I do not need to rehash the fact that Sen. Obama has inspired more Americans than any other politician in my generation; possibly generations. We all know that here. But chances are that not many here have heard the story of nine year old Sam Jensen, a third grader from Valley City, North Dakota. I do not know Sam, and had never heard of him before today. But, after reading this, I feel that I need to take it upon myself to share it with my fellow Kossacks.

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Wednesday March 19, 2008 · 4:38 PM PDT

2008/03/19 · 16:38

Yes that North Dakota.

He'll be here on April 4th to speak at the Democratic-NPL state convention.

April 4th. Two and a half weeks before the "make or break" Pennsylvania primaries. The latest version of Hillary Clinton's firewall. The one that is going to put her back in front-runner status (don't worry about the math...).

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Dule Hill, Tom Daschle in ND For Obama

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 12:17 PM PST

2008/01/31 · 12:17

The past couple of days have been very eventful up here in blustery North Dakota (by ND standards). It is not often that much attention is paid to North Dakota with regard to...well anything. So to have two people with any sort of name recognition visit, and on back-to-back days, has been a very welcome experience.

To have a major candidate for Leader of the Free World pay any attention to our state reiterates what has been said a gaziillion times in all of the Obama diaries here over the past year. This truly is a 50 state strategy, and this is my little contribution to the grassroots effort we are all a part of.

Details over the fold.

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Do you care about an Obama presence in ND?

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I suppose

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Do you guys have electricity up there yet?

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Is that the one with the faces on the side of a mountain?

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