I need a 'WOOD CANOE
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/ahps_warnings.php?wfo=mpx&pil=XXXFLWMPX&zone=mnc037&productType=Flood%20Warning
It appears that a high water event is indeed on the way. So, I am packing beginning today. The Mississippi at Hastings is the problematical one. But it floods with regularity and then the water truly goes into flood as it spreads over a wide area. The St Croix river is mostly a bluff on both sides of the river and has no where to flood to and keeps rising. This event has dire warnings. But at this time it still appears to be similar to the river rise we encounter each year. The difference is this year they are saying the rise could be the 100 year flood that happens 1% of the time. Our snow was record level. But most of it was already gone over the past week to 10 days of moderate melt. We have snow piles but the ground has cleared. The snow run-off that fills the feeder rivers comes from the woods. Woods areas collect snow and there is quite a bit still in the woods.