NoiseInsideMyHead Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Off to a great start. Cloudiest US city for the month of October. This may actually explain a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 IIRC I read this October was the coldest October in F-M in the past 30 years and thru October in GF it's the wettest first 10 months of the year ever recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 26 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said: IIRC I read this October was the coldest October in F-M in the past 30 years and thru October in GF it's the wettest first 10 months of the year ever recorded. Weather has been all kinds of extremes since this wet cycle started in the fall of 1993. That year my father bought tracks for the combine to get the crop off. Devils Lake has risen to near natural spillage levels in the time frame. GF got wet in 1997. The RR Valley has had many high water years, Fargo has had many tough fights along with other communities. Lots of crop still in fields, going to result in many $ of loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 My expression today when it was snowing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Could easily be another "100 year flood" this coming spring with all the wet soil that's gonna freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux rube Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 7 hours ago, Cratter said: Could easily be another "100 year flood" this coming spring with all the wet soil that's gonna freeze. It’s not looking good that’s for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 10 hours ago, Cratter said: Could easily be another "100 year flood" this coming spring with all the wet soil that's gonna freeze. I see your 100 and raise you to 500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I heard that bees abandoned their hives in late September or early October. That seems a little early for them to do that. I think this might be a harsh winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said: I see your 100 and raise you to 500. So a 500 year flood comes every 10 years now.........makes sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 20 hours ago, Cratter said: Could easily be another "100 year flood" this coming spring with all the wet soil that's gonna freeze. Many sump pumps still pumping in GF, be interesting to find out how high the volume of daily sewer water heading to the lagoon is at daily. An article in Herald a few weeks ago had normal sewer usage through out year at 8M gal per day with about 20M gal daily at that time. The assumption to this big increase was that sump pumps pumping into the sewer had much to do with this. While not everyone is guilty here, some are still pumping outside and of those some are finding the sump pump hoses freezing up and then the sump pump burning up. Next spring could definitely bring many challenges. Another thing that happens when the ground is this wet is that when it freezes, it raises up more than normal - with the expansion of the water freezing in the soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel_Sioux Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 It only there only there was some reason for this that could be explained by science... 6 hours ago, Oxbow6 said: So a 500 year flood comes every 10 years now.........makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 20 minutes ago, Rebel_Sioux said: It only there only there was some reason for this that could be explained by science... Too much water........ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 11 hours ago, Oxbow6 said: Too much water........ Thank you Mr. Know It All! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Blackheart said: Thank you Mr. Know It All! You're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 20 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said: ... some are still pumping outside and of those some are finding the sump pump hoses freezing up and then the sump pump burning up. If your sump pump hammers away at 20% duty cycle the constantly flowing water doesn't freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 4 hours ago, The Sicatoka said: If your sump pump hammers away at 20% duty cycle the constantly flowing water doesn't freeze. And if it doesn't, the hose freezes up when cold enough. A few variables involved here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 On 11/6/2019 at 8:31 PM, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said: And if it doesn't, the hose freezes up when cold enough. A few variables involved here. Um. Yeah. At least I have above ground discharge options on both my discharges. One neighbor's discharge line exists his house two feet below grade. He's looking at punching a hole in the side of his house in case his underground freezes up while the sump is still active. (We're both on private septic so no "dump it to the city sanitary sewer" option.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 8-14" of snow forecasted this weekend in GF. 12-18" in Fargo. Buckle up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodak78 Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said: 8-14" of snow forecasted this weekend in GF. 12-18" in Fargo. Buckle up! I booked rooms in GF about 10 days ago for this Sat for the playoffs. Cancelled them the other day. Kind of glad we are on the road because I would have bought tickets and end up staying home and watching on TV because of weather. And so it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseInsideMyHead Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/weather/4873960-Grand-Forks-has-gotten-more-than-4-feet-of-snow-so-far-this-winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 It's a winter ground blizzard party out there! Wha ... what's that ScarJo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxSherm94 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Got a good laugh out of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MafiaMan Posted February 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2020 27 minutes ago, SiouxSherm94 said: Got a good laugh out of this one. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 @MafiaMan you forgot the part about it being -110 in the arena when you got in. Thank goodness you have "antifreeze" with ya, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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