Calling All Volunteers – SANDBAGGING MUST BE COMPLETED BY TOMORROW
This is the agenda for tomorrow, Thursday March 26th. It is extremely important to get as many volunteers as possible to complete this project.
8:00am – Sandbag Crew Leaders meeting in Regan’s garage (4336 Timberline Drive) – this is for people that have spent a lot of time at the front of the sandbag lines and are able to help lead the volunteers and make sure the sandbagging is done correctly. There will be several leaders within in each group going out.
8:30am – Volunteers Meet in the Cul de Sac by Regan’s and are assigned to Leaders. Leaders will then take volunteers to designated sandbagging site in the neighborhood.
Please have volunteers that are coming from outside the area park in Fox Run to reduce congestion for the trucks that will be going through the neighborhood.
Thanks for all of the hard work!
Shannon Neustel
shannon@neustel.com
701-793-2823 – Cell
**If there are some of you that aren’t able to sandbag and would like to cook/bake something you can drop it off at 4636 Timberline Drive – Kim Rayl is the contact person 799-1012**
Timberline Neighborhood Meeting rescheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, March 26th
The meeting with Dave Helland in Ken & LuAnn Regan’s garage to discuss dike monitoring has been rescheduled until tomorrow night at 8pm – same place.
Shannon Neustel
Dike Needs to Be Elevanted to 43 Feet
It is official that we need to elevate the dike around Timberline to 43 feet (as with the rest of Fargo). We won’t have sandbags today but we will be getting sand around 5 pm that we can manually fill with sand. Please gather volunteers to help with filling sandbags for around 5 pm and to help top off the top of the dike.
Thanks!
New Flood Crest Prediction – 41 Feet (May Need to Raise Flood Barriers)
For more information, see http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/235213/ … it sounds like we will need to get the current barriers up to 43 feet possibly. We will have to get a lot of volunteers if we have to raise the barriers to 43 feet, so stay tuned for updates on the need for more volunteers.
Oak Creek – Food Needed for Volunteers
Oak Creek’s sandbag wall is only 70% completed and they are trying to devote all of their resources to sandbagging. They are asking for assistance with food, so if you have any food available for the volunteers please bring it over there or talk to Laura Haldis who is bringing food over this weekend.
Prefabricated Wall Status (8:42 am)
The prefabricated wall is almost filled and Wanzek is now focusing on gettign the plastic installed on the wall. Everything appears to be on track so far. More updates to come as available.
Status Update
There will be a meeting between Rick Rayl, Shannon Neustel, Rory Kiland, Luan Regan and Dave Helland to discuss the status of the flood prevention efforts and to determine what additional efforts are required. Information will be posted on this blog after the meeting to keep everyone updated.
First Flood Related Injury – Susan Scarberry (Broken Arm)
Susan Scarberry unfortunately broke her arm this afternoon while working on getting the plastic on the prefabricated walls. Susan is the recipient of the first Timberline Flood Purple Heart (j/k). She jumped down from one of the prefabricated barriers and landed on her arm. This is a good reminder for everyone to be safe out there.
We appreciate all of Susan’s work with the flood and wish her a speedy recovery! Gene (husband) has promised to work twice as hard to replace this valuable volunteer.
** Mandatory Meeting ** (Wednesday, 8 pm at 4336 Timberline Dr.) – Topic: Monitoring Dike
Tomorrow evening (Wednesday, March 25) at 8pm there is going to be a neighborhood meeting in Ken & LuAnn Regan’s garage (4336 Timberline Dr). Our topic of discussion will be Dike Monitoring which includes assigning Timberline residents to monitor and inspect the entire dike 24/7 once the flood waters get to a certain level. This is very crucial in ensuring that our neighborhood stays dry and there are no breaches. Please be there – this is a mandatory meeting for all Timberline residents.
Plans for Wednesday
At the time of this posting, there are no current plans for activities on Wednesday. However, we do know there are some areas that require some additional work and we will be posting information about the need for volunteers once we evaluate the conditions Wednesday morning. Please visit this blog frequently for more information (or sign up for the updates to receive e-mail updates to the blog).
If you have any questions, please contact your Team Leader for more information!
Sandbagging Status (Tuesday, 6:23 pm)
We had a VERY IMPRESSIVE turnout of volunteers today from the high schools, colleges and surrounding neighborhoods. The major portions of sandbagging is now completed! We had to increase the level of the sandbag dikes to 42 feet today (they are expecting 40.5 feet for a possible flood level). All sandbag dikes and the clay dikes are at 42 feet now. At this time we do not foresee the need for a significant amount of volunteers on Wednesday to help with sandbagging, but things can change very fast. Wanzek construction is still working on filling the prefabricated berms with sand and should be completed by tomorrow.
Thanks again to everyone that helped today whether it was sandbagging or providing food (Rick/Kim Rayl, Michelle/Ralph Erickson for lunch and many others cooperated for the dinner held at Marilyn Werre’s house)! For those of you who still haven’t had time to help, there is always cleanup.
Turn on Back and Front Yard Lights Tonight; Move Cars from Road
Everyone is asked to turn on their front and backyard lights to help the Wanzek construction crews see when filling the prefabricated walls. The drivers will be using our yards and driveways to deliver the sand to the prefabricated walls.
Also, please remove all cars from the road to help the drivers navigate our roads. All volunteers should try to park in Fox Run or in driveways. Thanks!
Status Update (11:09 pm)
PREFABRICATED FLOOD BARRIER. The prefabricated flood barrier is substantially in place now. Wanzek construction will be working through the night to fill the prefabricated flood barrier with sand (everyone is asked to turn on their yard lights to help light up the work area for the workers).
SANDBAGGING. The sandbagging went very well today. We are about 65% done with Craig/Lisa Dresser’s house and then there are a couple other properties that require sandbags. We are all meeting at Dresser’s at 7 am to start sandbagging, so the more people you can bring the better! We should be done sandbagging the significant portions by Tuesday afternoon, so come early if you want to help!
Thanks to everyone that is helping out with the sandbagging (and the food preparation) as it is greatly appreciated. A special thanks to Rory Kieland and his crew (and all of their equipment) for making the job A LOT EASIER today!
For those of you who have not had time to help yet … well, get out on Tuesday to help. It is a great way to meet your neighbors. :-)
Prefabricated Wall Status (Posted 3 pm)
We just spoke with Dave Halland from the City and the arrival time of the prefabricated walls is not certain but believed to be today yet. There will be sandbagging at 4102 Timberline Drive (Christie/Jim Johnson) around 3:30 pm if you are able to help!
Team Leaders
A listing of Timberline Team Leaders is posted at http://www.neustel.com/TeamLeaders.pdf … if you have any questions contact your Team Leader for information.
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