Jamestown ND Flooding

This area right over the fence is usually a steep drop down to the water about 30 or more feet. I'm guessing on the feet here, but it's quite a long slope.
Here's a picture from far away of where the water normally sits next to the glory hole. It's kind of hard to see, but it's way in the background. I wish I could have found a picture standing underneath the glory hole so you could tell how larget this structure really is. The fact that it's up to the top is unbelievable.

Here's a video and picture of "the glory hole" that's strategically placed in front of the Jamestown Dam, which holds back the Jamestown Resevoir. The "glory hole" was created so that if the water ever got too high it would save the dam from breaking. However, with water going over the 30 + feet tall structure it means more flooding for Jamestown. I have NEVER seen the water this high. Even during the flood of 97' the water only came up to the base of this strucutre. My mom said that Jamestown is like a war zone with trucks going ALL over building clay dikes right through the middle of streets. They've even heard that the U.S. coast card has dropped off enormous sandbags across the street from the dam in the case of parts of the dam springing a leak. Yikes! She is still seeing her students at our church, the hospitol, and the civic center as Anne Carlsen Center will still be vacant for at least another month.




Praying that it doesn't turn into a worst case scenario for Jamestown!