October 8, 2007
Twin Harbors, Minnesota
Photographer states :: It's really just Skunk Creek, which flows through Two Harbors and dries up to a trickle by summer's end, but after three days of rain, it's flowing deep and fast. At one time, it would have been up and over the road, but retention basins put in farther upstream have tamed our litte creek-gone-wild. Rip-rap was recently added along the shore to keep it stable.
After a weekend fling with summer, it's back to normal temperatures (click here)
By Tim Harlow, Star Tribune
Last update: October 08, 2007 – 11:56 AM
A flood watch had been in effect for the area as the storms dropped more than 1 inch of rain in many places, including St. Paul, Andover, St. Cloud, Madison, Granite Falls, Little Falls, Morris and Willmar. Long Prairie wins the prize for the most rain, with 3.18 reported during the 24-hour period that ended at 7 a.m. today, the National Weather Service said.
A flood watch remains in effect for the Arrowhead region in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin where storms could drop 2 to 5 inches of rain, the Weather Service said.
A flood watch remains in effect for the Arrowhead region in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin where storms could drop 2 to 5 inches of rain, the Weather Service said.
Minneapolis Bridge Work Raises Costs, Rancor (click here)
by Tom Scheck
All Things Considered, October 8, 2007 · In Minnesota, the governor and state lawmakers are arguing over the best way to pay for replacing the I-35W bridge that collapsed in August. Cost estimates for cleanup and reconstruction have skyrocketed from $250 million to nearly $400 million.
The plan is to have the bridge finished by the end of next year — just 14 months from now. But so far, the federal government has only delivered a portion of the money it promised to provide for the project.
If the Republican governor and the Democrats who control the legislature can't authorize using state money to pay for the bridge, many of Minnesota's other road projects will be delayed.
Until federal money for reconstruction becomes available, the governor and state lawmakers have to figure out a way to pay for the bridge. But the state's transportation budget doesn't have enough money to float itself a loan.
Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau is asking a special panel of senior state lawmakers to authorize state money for the bridge. Without it, Molnau says they will have to delay other state transportation projects....
by Tom Scheck
All Things Considered, October 8, 2007 · In Minnesota, the governor and state lawmakers are arguing over the best way to pay for replacing the I-35W bridge that collapsed in August. Cost estimates for cleanup and reconstruction have skyrocketed from $250 million to nearly $400 million.
The plan is to have the bridge finished by the end of next year — just 14 months from now. But so far, the federal government has only delivered a portion of the money it promised to provide for the project.
If the Republican governor and the Democrats who control the legislature can't authorize using state money to pay for the bridge, many of Minnesota's other road projects will be delayed.
Until federal money for reconstruction becomes available, the governor and state lawmakers have to figure out a way to pay for the bridge. But the state's transportation budget doesn't have enough money to float itself a loan.
Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau is asking a special panel of senior state lawmakers to authorize state money for the bridge. Without it, Molnau says they will have to delay other state transportation projects....
