Yes, all the towns along the Red River from the border all the way up to the lake are diked. In 97 Ste Agathe (15 miles north of us) flooded because it had no dike. It had always been considered high enough to be out of the flood zone but that was not the case in our record flood. It now has a dike. After 97 all the dikes were raised. All homes out in the country now are surrounded by dikes or are raised (such as ours.) When we built in 94, there was an elevation specified that we had to build to, otherwise no building permit would have been issued.
-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Friday 3rd of April 2009 11:54:58 PM
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Is that your measuring stick in the middle of the picture? I guess you got one in the ground already. Just wondering if you take some of your cars to a friends on high ground.
Is that your measuring stick in the middle of the picture? I guess you got one in the ground already. Just wondering if you take some of your cars to a friends on high ground.
Yes, that's it's purpose all right. That is from 2006 though, not this year. Funny, we went for 17 years with no flood (1979 to 1996) and then had 3 in the next 13, 1996, 1997 and 2006. Now we are staring at our 4th in that short time.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
We got some pretty good news this morning. Fargo (185 miles upstream from us) has broken all previous records for flooding this week but in the last 24 hours they actually dropped a few inches and the crest happened a day earlier and 1-2 feet lower than predicted. Hopefully that trend carries through to here.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Moved the Convertible and the Fake 68 to higher ground... looks like the L78 will have to move too.. Kinda eerie feeling out there knowing everything will be under water in a week. Howard had near 3ft on the shed floor in 97 so looks like it will get wet this year.
Good luck with your preparations. Gary
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72 Nova SS - Minitubbed 70 Nova SS - #'s L-78 Bench Stick 68 Acadian SS clone - factory air 67 Chevelle rag - SS 427 clone
Thanks for helping me clean up the yard, pre-flood!
I know what you mean, it's hard to imagine it coming when there is snow on the ground. It was easier to picture a week ago when the snow was almost all gone and the ditches were flowing.
At this point I am guessing that his shed will have water close to it but not in it. Fargo has now crested over a foot lower than predicted and it happened earlier as well. I am guessing our flood forecast will change on Monday as well, in a positive direction. It would suck if Rosenort would not be evacuated and I actually have to go to work. So much for working on my cars during the flood!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
No, the town was fine. Only two towns flooded the whole length of the Red in the US and Canada, Grand Forks ND and Ste Agathe MB. Our dealership was closed for close to a month because of evacuation though. It appears the level will be lower here this time so we should avoid town evacuations. Not sure if I will make it to work all the time though. Someone needs to be here just to make sure the power is on and the pump is working to empty out the septic tank. Water seeps through the lawn and gets into the weeping tile under the house, filling the tank.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
What a great day I had! We are now pretty much ready so bring on the flood!
I drove to Kenora today to get stuff from our cabin. Paddles, backup generator, big heavy cord for the generator, life jackets, gas tank and hose for the outboard were all there and needed to be here.
Lest anyone have lost faith in the kindess of people in this world, bear with me as I tell you yet another story of people assisting our preparations for this.
This week off this forum I have been blessed with someone (won't embarrass you by mentioning your name, 57 Poncho ) lending us a large generator, 2 people offerring a boat (AK67SD and 62 Beaumont) and Beaumontguru offerring to come along today to help retrieve this stuff.
Anyway, as always, this is getting too long...... The latest act of kindness was today when our real estate agent who we dealt with on our cabin helped us out. I drove to his house in Kenora, he drove me the 45 minutes out to our cabin in his 4X4 where we unloaded and drove his quad the last 2 miles in to our cabin to get all the stuff I listed at the start of this long story. So he took about half of his day off, used his truck, trailer and quad, his gas and helped me drag stuff through the snow to the quad so we could haul it back to Kenora to our waiting Roadmaster. And then he wouldn't take a nickel for helping me.
There's some amazing people in this world in spite of what we hear all too often....
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Haha, nope. I hear they were trout fishing on our lake yesterday though. After the 97 flood our dog kept dragging dead fish out of the bush and leaving them lying on the lawn!
Vern,in case you're wondering why I needed two generators, it's more impressive when they try to evacuate me if I have a backup besides the main one. The more resources I have here, the better my chance of not being evacuated. This little one I brought today will only run a pump. Also, my neighbour has nothing so I can lend him my little generator if it's crunch time.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I went to work tonight and towed a couple Griffin helicopters in the hangar that brought SAR Techs in case of there is a flood, also a Sea King came in earlyer, the Airforce is ready to help and I'm sure the Army will too.
Your Cabin looks as nice in winter as it does in the summer Carl. Must have been nice to get in to see it, being as things have probably been more than a little stressfull lately!
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
I think if I were Carl, I would move everything to the cabin and call'er good! No stress of a flood there! Start retirement early and home school the children. Little hunting and fishing to live. No angry customers with broken down gm's. Oh, I forgot one thing though....there is no internet at the cabin yet, so that would be the end of Carl's life! I think he can only make it a week without CP before going into withdrawls!
I have to hand it to Carl. He is the last man standing! Ask him how many relatives used to live on the land that he calls home. Everyone that left, did so because of the floods. When he built his place, he knew what to be prepared for. He is no rookie at floods!
I may be the last man swimming at the rate it's going. The water is moving into Grand Forks (100 miles south of us) and they are a foot above the prediction for todays date. Still below the predicted crest but lots of water to come still.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Our thoughts and prayers are with you Carl. Glad to see the help from the fellow CP brother's in your time of need. Wish I was closer so I could help out.
Wishing you well Carl. And i couldn't agree more with the great folks on this site, THE best!
Todd should change the name of this board to Canadian Poncho and Red Cross!
I have been amazed to say the least. I have had MANY offers from total strangers. It ranges from offers of labour, to offers of boats, motors, offers to haul/store cars, a generator, an offer to come along to the lake to help lug some of the stuff out of there, and more . All this from guys I didn't even know a bit more than a year ago!
It's a bit humbling. It brings back memories of the 1997 flood. We had help then (although not to compare with this) and many people gave assistance knowing full well that I could never repay them which is why I say it's humbling. Helping someone when you know they can never possibly return the favour is such an unselfish act. That is why I say it's humbling because I feel I owe them and know I will never be able to pay the debt.
Our church sends out teams to rebuild/repair after natural disasters all over Canada and the US to areas where we know nobody. Every winter groups of men go. I have never been able to leave because of the timing interfering with my job (our year end/inventory at work). I want to go some day because I would love to be the giver. I've already experienced being the receiver.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
If it helps at all, I have a friend with a enclosed trailer, who can drop in, and pick up the 65! I can store it here, until things settle down... thought you could use some humor
) lending us a large generator, 2 people offerring a boat (AK67SD and 62 Beaumont) and Beaumontguru offerring to come along today to help retrieve this stuff. 
