During March and April last year, rivers and streams burst their banks in North Dakota and Minnesota, forcing millions to evacuate, damaging hundreds of homes and causing an estimated $100 million in damage. At least three deaths were blamed on the rising waters. Fargo and Moorhead stacked 6 million sandbags to hold off the Red River, which lapped to within 6 inches of the top of the floodwall, breaking a record set in 1897.
One thing to note, the population of North Dakota is about 650,000 while Minnesota's is 5.2 million. Of Minnesota's population, 3 million of those people live in the Twin Cities while the remaining 2.2 million are spread through the rest of the state with densities decreasing as one goes north and west roughly. Considering that, how can their have been millions evacuated from their homes in the two states when the major flooding occurred only in North Dakota (article never mentions this, but there was flooding in Bismark, Jamestown and other places) and on the border between the two states, just wondering... perhaps North Dakota's population has increased 10 fold since the last census, but I've been to North Dakota so I have my doubts.
Yeah and since I have many friends and family who live in North Dakota, I can tell you the population has not increased tenfold in any short amount of time. Yeah, this is why one has to read things with a careful eye, and think critically :)
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