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By Griff Wigley, on September 26, 2011, 6:39 am
The Northfield News has a Remembering the Flood of 2010 feature in the Sept. 24 print edition. Only one of the four print articles is viewable from its online News category/section (and, strangely, none from its Flood of 2010 section). So I dug around and found them, as I think it’s a great follow-up to the flooding post-mortem blog post and discussion we had here on Locally Grown for several months starting a few days after the flood.
Nfld News series, Remembering the Flood of 2010, Sept. 24, 2011 edition:
See my photo album of the flood from Sept. 2010, the large slideshow (recommended), or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
By Griff Wigley, on March 26, 2011, 11:02 pm
The below-freezing temps and receding high water on the Cannon River created some interesting ice formations this week in downtown Northfield, both above the Ames Mill dam and north of the 2nd St. bridge.
  
  
Most of the photos are macro shots, with the ones above among my favorites that show something of Northfield in the background.
See the album of 120 photos, the large slideshow (recommended), or this small slideshow:
By Griff Wigley, on March 19, 2011, 7:05 am
The last time I used that phrase in a blog post title, things didn’t turn out so well.
Yesterday afternoon, local business owners, St. Olaf students, and miscellaneous other volunteers filled hundreds of sandbags on downtown’s west side behind Larson’s Printing.
Candy Taylor, Executive Director of 5th Bridge, was the volunteer coordinator. See the 5th Bridge flood volunteer page and the Northfield.org flood volunteer information page for more info.
See the album of 14 23 26 54 photos, the large slideshow (recommended), or this small slideshow:
By Griff Wigley, on September 28, 2010, 7:53 am
   
As some people have noted in the comment thread attached to my photo album blog post, there were a lot of smiles to be seen Friday and Saturday as citizens and students joined with community leaders and City of Northfield staff to take on the high water.
But it also appears that some things did not go well, and not just because of the power of Mother Nature.
So let’s tease out the good, the bad, and the ugly of how this ‘event’ was handled so that when the next big one occurs, we’re even more prepared.
By Griff Wigley, on September 23, 2010, 1:54 pm
 
The soggy Froggy Bottoms boys, led by Jake and Dave Hvistendahl, are sandbagging today, as heavy rains overnight and throughout the morning hours have pushed the Cannon River over its banks along the Riverwalk in downtown Northfield.
See the album of 10 24 65 165 222 278 286 307 324 345 370 379 397 photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:
Continue reading Let the sandbagging begin: heavy rains saturate the area
By Griff Wigley, on July 9, 2010, 6:31 am
 Back on May 28, I took this photo of a floating yellow barrier under the 4th St. bridge just below the Ames Mill dam. Once I confirmed with the police that it had nothing to do with the search for Brittney Landsverk, I assumed that some work on the retaining wall was about to begin.
I got an email yesterday from Adam Solyst at Carlson Capital Management and took this photo late in the afternoon:
 For over a month now there has been a large yellow floating barrier in the Cannon river between Carlson Capital Management and the Hvistendahl, Moersch, and Dorsey law office (it can be seen easily from the 2nd street bridge). It started on Carlson’s side in what appeared to be a setup to block off water to the wall and create a dry area in which to work. But after it was set up nothing happened. It eventually broke free and floated until it rested in itss current position. I feel as though whoever put it there originally has forgotten about it. I can offer no other explanation.
Anyone know what’s up?
By Griff Wigley, on May 20, 2010, 7:33 am
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By Griff Wigley, on March 16, 2010, 8:48 am
   
I saw a guy wading hip deep across the floodwaters at the footbridge below the Hwy 19 Lyman Lakes dam yesterday afternoon. Alas, I didn’t get there in time to take his photo. The ‘lake’ is covering most of Laird Field.
For a comparison of this year’s high water on the Cannon River, see the June 2004 floodwaters album, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:
Continue reading Cannon River floodwaters: no contest compared to 2004
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