Fargo's Flood in numbers

3,000-pound weight to break up an ice jam north of Grand Forks

1,000 volunteers were waiting to sandbag on Sunday morning when the dome opened

1 Elderly lady, who used a walker, helped the sandbagging process by opening bags at the dome

250,000 to 300,000 sandbags had been filled and stacked by mid afternoon on Sunday alone.

10 feet (ish)--Height of a clay dike topped with sandbags at the baseball field near my old apartment. I stood on top of the dike with hundreds of volunteers on Friday. I met a neighbor, who lives across the street from me. I looked at apartment window's with lace curtains and crocheted crosses. Al said there was a lady who lived nearby passing out peanut butter cookies out of a paper bag to the volunteers. I bet that is where she lives.

4:00 AM Time a guy (I met sandbagging) worked until the night before on another dike.

100's-Number of people that responded to a code red call asking for volunteers to help with a levy breech at El Zagel. Volunteers were turned away because there were more than enough to help. Al stayed to help "rescue" the beer. I put my suitcase in the car, just in case.

3,000,000+ sandbags in the city

1 German Shepherd rescued with an air boat when chasing after a deer and falling through the ice.

200 residents of Harwood had a potluck after the dikes were built because no one can go anywhere due to the flood waters. Bring on the casseroles!

300 yards-Distance that flood fighters ran near a private high school carrying two 40 pound sandbags each trying to contain a levy breach. Water came under the permanent dike-described as coming up like a geyser 3-4 feet into the air. Not enough to save the school from damage--but it looks like they can recover.

11 one-thousand pound sand bags (3 yards x 3 yards x 3 yards) dropped from helicopters to help contain the water and slow the flow of the river in the area near the breech

6-10 inches of snow expected

25 mile an hour winds on the way, which will create waves that will wear on the dikes

35+ miles of dikes in Fargo alone

Countless numbers of people hoping the levees will hold.

My house is safe. My family will be okay. I'm hoping many others can say the same in a week or so.

And so goes the story of the flood of 2009........