Fargo, North Dakota photos by Dennis Drenner March, 2009 Click on photo to download the Hi-res file

001—Dike in Fargo, ND. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

002-- John Zaharia (hat with flames), a volunteer firefighter from Truman, ND, helps build a sandbag retaining wall for a resident of Moorhead, Minnesota (across the river from Fargo). Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

004 – Stephanie Katterl uses sandbags to build a dike to save her father’s house from the rising Red River.  On the right is Brian Nickerson, a volunteer fireman from Truman, ND. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

007—Stephanie Katterl looks nervously down river while sitting atop the dike that is protecting her father’s house from massive flooding. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

008 —Will Dufault helps pass sandbags down the line to build a dike. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

010—Flooded house in Oakport, Minnesota. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

012-- Keith Bertram, a Conservation officer with the Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources, cruises through on a boat through a badly flooded section of Oakport, Minnesota. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

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020: Volunteers load sandbags at the Fargodome. Nick Carlson, age 12, of Fargo.  Nathan Parmer, in brown sweatshirt, helps out. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

022: Volunteers load sandbags at the Fargodome. Nick Carlson, age 12, of Fargo.  Nathan Parmer, in brown sweatshirt, helps out. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

023: Loading sandbags inside the Fargo Dome. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

024: Loading sandbags inside the Fargo Dome. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

028:  RC volunteer and mental health worker Walter Roberts of Manto, MN hugs Pamela Ballard at the Cheney Middle School shelter. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

030:  RC volunteer and mental health worker Walter Roberts of Manto, MN hugs Pamela Ballard at the Cheney Middle School shelter. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

038: Red Cross volunteer Gerry Holmes of Chicago, IL examines a flooded farm near the Red River in Oakport, IL. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

035:Red Cross volunteer Gerry Holmes of Chicago, IL looks out over 90th Ave. in Oakport, MN, which was completely flooded. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

041:Red Cross volunteer Gerry Holmes of Chicago, IL talks to/hugs Wendy Olson at her home on River Drive S. in Moorhead, MN. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

043:Red Cross volunteer Gerry Holmes of Chicago, IL talks to/hugs Wendy Olson at her home on River Drive S. in Moorhead, MN. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

044: ERV driver Richard Paulson of New Ulm, MN loads an ERV with food to be handed out to volunteer sandbaggers in the Fargo Dome. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

045: ERV driver LeRoy Sanders of Jefferson City, MO helps back an ERV into the Fargo Dome. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

049:   Steven Hansen, a resident of Moorhead, gets food at the shelter from Steve Glumm of Joplin, MO (heart tattoo on arm).  At the end of the line is his wife Linda Glumm. Between them is Roland Jackson for St. Louis.  Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

050: Red Cross volunteer Jim Gillespie of Demoine, IA talks to shelter resident Monique Delonias and her baby Ethan, age 2 months. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

051: Bob Miller, ARC volunteer from Coffeyville, KS talk with Jackie Ogundeji (CQ) and her dog Misha.  Misha is a service dog, specializing in recognizing seizures.  Ogudenji has been in the shelter since Thursday after being evacuated from her home in north Moorhead. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

053:  Bill Henrickson of Grand Island, Nebraska. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

056:  ARC volunteer Johnny Hampton of Omaha, Nebraska. Behind him is Eric Adams of Duluth, MN. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

057: ARC volunteers Melody Stevenson and Gary Mattson hand supplies to Eric Adams. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

062: Bill Henrickson and Johnny Hampton. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

064: Sue Larripa of San Francisco, CA helps load the ERV.   To the left is William Petrovic of Trevor, Wisconsin. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

067: ARC volunteer Robert Prestenback of Alton, Illinois. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

069: ARC volunteer David Risard of Sonora, CA communicates with an ERV. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

071: Signs for the ARC run shelter at Cheney Middle School in Fargo, ND. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

074: Signs for the ARC run shelter at Cheney Middle School in Fargo, ND. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

075: ARC volunteer Craig Sutter of Bellingham, WA talks with shelter resident Tom Mushock of Fargo, ND. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

   

078:  ARC volunteer Audrey Snapper of Bellingham, WA serves dinner to Rick Kumpf of Fargo at Cheney MS. Photo: Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross

 

 

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