Mississippi River swelling to flood stage in St. Paul

The Mississippi River has reached flood stage in St. Paul.
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[@esteban1487]

Surprised the reporter wasn't in a little boat. lol

[@nameisprivate5429]

Or hanging on to a street sign waving her arms around as people walk by staring.

[@SigFigNewton]

This is Dingy Dan reporting to you from the latest example of… Dangers Undammed!

[@SHUT-UP_MEG]

His name is corn bro Fok aboutta boat 😂😂😊😊

[@demonhunter-skydomeatlanti1746]

Or standing in alleged 6ft flood water up to his neck while wearing waders sitting on his knees in shallows.

[@rrh2918]

lol to chicken sh*t . its way over their ankles.

[@deanhansen5041]

Not so long ago, there wasn't enough water to move barge cargo

[@jazziez6467]

yep, they were nonstop complaining about no water

[@jordanalexander615]

​@@jazziez6467 and now the whole Ohio River valley has got hit with storms everyday for two weeks. It's storming as I'm typing this.

[@danasmith858]

It's the Mississippi, it's what it does

[@Mrbfgray]

Was it just 10 months ago that it was running so low shipping was nearly halted??

[@alanbiancardi2531]

@@Mrbfgray And now it is there is plenty of water

[@peterblack3665]

Last week I saw a report that the Mississippi was drying up.......??????

[@trumpwon8064]

All media does is lie

[@JAM661]

Well the water levels depends on snow and rain levels we get. Up to the last 2 years we have not had much snow or much rain. Two winters ago we got record snow level and not a lot of rain in the summer. This last winter we got maybe 4 in of snow all winter and all this rain. My worry is when we have record snow and then all this rain. Fortunally I do not live by any river or lakes.

[@jordanalexander615]

It was low a few years ago. But now we're seeing record amounts of rain in lie 20 states east of the Mississippi

[@johnyoder9302]

This is a great reminder for the rich people, NEVER build in flood plains!

[@carolinematusevich889]

They don't care. They don't pay for most of their rebuilds. WE DO!

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

But they build mansions on the ocean all while they preach global warming and flooding. Martha’s Vineyard comes to mind and ex presidents

[@pacificostudios]

It's important to remember that Lilydale was evacuated years ago specifically because it flooded often. Bohemian Flats in Minneapolis was another neighborhood that was cleared because of frequent flooding. The upper Mississippi is a powerful stream. When Harriet Island goes under in St. Paul, it's a flood.

[@Olaf236]

When you say the water rose 6 1/2 feet most people will think vertically, not mostly horizontally…………

[@TheOneinthewoods]

You're right. It's what I'd thought. Til now. Lol ty

[@blaydCA]

Ocean tides would FREAK him out then! 😂

[@Mrbfgray]

Horizontally is utterly meaningless.

[@spicencens7725]

The ebb & flow of nature. Be safe y'all!

[@SigFigNewton]

Now human enhanced! Wetter, faster, refugee causinger!

[@alanbiancardi2531]

@@SigFigNewton Sig, Al Gore needs more money. Better hurry. The Green hoax

[@AaronPawsay2019]

my classmate us 5ft and back in my old school we went to a boat and we notice that their was a flood here in 2001

[@JAM661]

The water is really high in the Minneasota river by HYW 77 (Around Eagan) which is a few miles before it join the Mississippi river. All the nature trail in the area are about 4 feet under water. Thank God we got basically no snow last winter because if we had the same record snow fall as we did in 2023 and then all this rain we have had this spring and summer the whole state would be swimming.

[@ScottForrest420]

Corrin Hoggard? Oh my. That is an unfortunate name.

[@Lobonova]

Hey stop hoggin the corn

[@musicgroopie1]

He has two sisters. Imma and Urra!

[@maternst1]

LOL!!!

[@XtomJamesExtra]

I know this reporter's name is Corin Hoggard, but when the host introduced him it sounds like Corn Hogger...

[@stephenbrand5661]

I also noticed this! 😂

[@silencingmachine2671]

Corn Hogger

[@jjrr2273]

Momma seen them ears at birth and immediately thought of where she 'caught' Pa's seed ... Corn Hogger indeed

[@TheOneinthewoods]

😂it says translate to English 😂

[@braho4998]

I heard corn and came straight to the comments lol

[@Lobonova]

Quit hoggin the corn

[@manw3bttcks]

I thought I got bugged in high school with my german name, but "Corn Hogger" would be really bad in HS

[@mikeg.5233]

First it was drying up, big panic, now it’s going to flood North America. We are so focused on today, no foresight.

[@longrider42]

You said a mouthful!

[@SigFigNewton]

Yup, weather extremes are more common all right

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

​@@SigFigNewtonthey are more common and more intense.

[@peterblack3665]

Yes I thought for sure 2 weeks ago there was a report it was drying up....

[@alanbiancardi2531]

Cannot predict mother nature

[@StevenHallOfGaming]

Hey Google, what's my elevation

[@SigFigNewton]

Right?! Opposite of floodplain isn’t desert. It’s hill.

[@terryrichmond4723]

Wonder how it looks in St. Louis, down here in Memphis it needs the water it’s been low

[@bartwilloughby2909]

Remember that next year when you all say the world is coming to an end when the water 💦 decreases, like it does every year.

[@igottaspeak]

I was there in early June for graduation took a walk along the south bank of the Mississippi downtown St. Paul. The water was already high. Chicago mix "The Candy Store!"

[@michaelhenry7638]

Happens regularly over the years

[@daldas1]

Corin Hoggart? LOL

[@scottrayhons2537]

Walz can fly over and give his blessing and all the water will be gone. Put Jesse Ventura back as governor and do everybody a favor.

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Why are they more focused on the environment?

[@jebbohanan2626]

Justa few months ago, they were afraid of the Mississippi going dry…. Whasupwidat?

[@Joseph-ut4ui]

Maybe if you didn't put man-made objects RIGHT ON THE RIVER BANK you wouldn't have flooding problems.

[@markclipsham9199]

It's called a flood plain.

[@redwhiteblue7166]

REMAIN CALM!!! JOE BIDEN DOESN'T CARE!

[@celestesenters1052]

biden is the best president america has ever had hes accomplished more for middleclass americans than any other president in history

[@ouroboris]

What? Flooding along the Mississippi River flood plain?? Say it ain't so! It never floods on the Mississippi River flood plain!

[@longrider42]

I've seen some video's of late, saying the Mississippi river is dying. I guess they haven't looked up stream.

[@SigFigNewton]

Nonsense

[@darylb5564]

The reports may have been premature

[@badneed]

I thought the DROUGHT would never END 🤷‍♂️ that was YOUR report a year ago

[@scottanderson3751]

More unstable and more worse-trust me,I’m a scientist ✌️

[@MadGunny]

Watch how fast all this water dries up and we are back to drought by summers end.

[@whjerts]

@@scottanderson3751 sure you are

[@SigFigNewton]

Minnesota had a drought last year? Or op just yappin?

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@@MadGunnythe first dry days at 90 degrees and Ian Leonard will be saying the sky is falling

[@StevenHallOfGaming]

How does this effect transportation on that water are they going to have more issue with bridges and barge from faster moving water and lower head clearance

[@SigFigNewton]

Dunno. In 2022, parts of Europe and China had river shipping difficulties due to drought

[@daddysbrokegarage]

I work on a barge crew in st Paul, We were told yesterday we may not be moving any barges until July 30th if the water subsides

[@Headtube]

Kudos for how he measures the water's rise. VERY scientific! 😂

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Yeah you can do the math.

[@Headtube]

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 I did! He was exactly right! 🤣

[@jasonguessedit]

That's his favorite stick, he carries it everywhere

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

@@jasonguessedit everyone needs friends and a piece of wood is always good

[@jaythojj1365]

ice fishings going to be good this year yeet yeet

[@carolinematusevich889]

Everyone's reaction to this story, not from Minnesota: _OMG!! Those poor people are gonna loose their homes!_ Minnesotans: _ice fishings going to be good this year yeat yeat_ 😏

[@Superkuh2]

I hope so. Last year ice fishing only lasted about a month.

[@celestesenters1052]

I feel like it was just a few months ago that the Mississippi was drying up

[@jsnsk101]

where i live, last year was a carbon copy of 1997, this year is a carbon copy of 1998 so far, and im pretty sure i was in st paul one of those years and this was happening then Its all just cycles.

[@SigFigNewton]

Cute take

[@lawrencevandenberg7725]

Corn Hoggard? 🌽 Hoggard! "How high's the water, Momma?" Johnny Cash? Merle Haggard? Corn's on it, Momma!! 😂

[@CashisKingtrucking]

What is that reporter's name?

[@keithtraa]

casey jones

[@redbarchetta8782]

LOL the comments are funny. FYI, the water is coming from 'upstream', which means look elsewhere for the source.

[@StevenHallOfGaming]

This world was not ready for isolation, these comments are insane

[@SigFigNewton]

Sea level can’t rise, that would just make it overflow the edges of Earth

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

​@@SigFigNewtonwhat?

[@SigFigNewton]

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 I can’t make the level of water in my glass exceed the height of my glass

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

@@SigFigNewton what "edges of earth" do you mean?

[@andrewfrazer8874]

Flood plain higher 👆 ground

[@NatalieNicole99]

Just tell the elites to knock it off with their weather games.

[@russvoight1167]

Please let all of us know who the elites are

[@markm6488]

Yes, we have to stop them, We just need a couple of environmentalists, an out of work weatherman, an ostracized genius scientist, us and a cameraman. Oh and there will be sharks.

[@MallPeaMallCow]

@@russvoight1167iykyk

[@TheWillvoss]

@@russvoight1167trump. He bailed them all out.

[@TheGravitywerks]

They cloud seed over San Angelo, Texas..outfit out of Stanford, Tx...not sure the origin or reason,....Russ may live under a rock, cut him slack

[@jimhiebert650]

the low water level on the miss i guess is over, thats good news

[@jeynjohnston8085]

A year ago, you could walk across it.

[@KevinHarvey-qw5mj]

And it all flows down south so states get ready you have a heads up 2:18

[@johngavin4201]

Mother Nature is big news. I'd never thought...

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Mother nature doesn't exist

[@ThatLadyInDallas2024]

Holy 💩 😮

[@johngreene7276]

When will Americans understand flood plains. Never so far.

[@dtourville9293]

Blue Earth County!

[@davidwinter2959]

Call in POST 10

[@nathanbyd570]

Is this affecting the Mall of America in Bloomington? Planning to visit...

[@brittanywaters5028]

Yup! The whole town is built off of the side of the Minnesota and Mississippi River. Both are flooding. The MN flows North in to the Mississippi. So Blue earth river that’s flowing into the MN is going back up into the Mississippi.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

No way ,too far from the river

[@daddysbrokegarage]

Yeah no. There's road work near he mall bridge is closed off to 2 lanes but absolutely in affected by floods. I work 10 minutes from the MOA

[@nathanbyd570]

@@arthurbrumagem3844 ok thanks

[@charlespemberton5221]

Johnny Cash ,how high is the water mama?

[@gRosh08]

U surprised? Uncle Amos said...this is what 100 plus years old US infrastructure looks like... get it?

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Oh my !!!

[@Lombax65]

6 feet X 2% grade? Lol

[@conniepritchardreinhardt9978]

A dam broke on a side river. Why didnt they mention it?

[@guymann4016]

Because it hasn’t broke yet. It’s jammed with debris and the water is flowing around it to the west.

[@SigFigNewton]

Y’all actually believe in dams?

[@scottanderson3751]

Worse than last year but not as bad as next year;the weather,for the foreseeable future

[@green461]

Good thing we humans dammed it all up over the past couple centuries. That seems to be working out well.

[@wahoonbox]

Don’t build near a river. Problem solved.

[@harmonicaveronica]

Pretty much every major inland city is on a river. Kinda hard not to! People have been congregating near rivers since the beginning of civilization

[@SigFigNewton]

The solution is simple. Instead of irrigating crop land, we should starve.

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

​@@SigFigNewtonsmart guy

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

​@@harmonicaveronicaexactly

[@SigFigNewton]

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 lucky guess

[@mrbake6933]

The preacher man says it's the end of time And the Mississippi River, she's a-goin' dry The interest is up and the stock market's down And you only get mugged if you go downtown. Hank Williams Jr 1981.

[@bartwilloughby2909]

Vote MAGA ❤️

[@sonic1045]

This is one month ago

[@xstorm_8_shadowx]

Send more money to Ukraine that will fix it….

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Clown

[@FFL61750]

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431truth hurts

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

@@FFL61750 what "truth"?

[@trumpwon8064]

​@imtheeastgermanguy5431 truth that Biden doesn't care about Americans, only his 25 million "migrants"

[@jamesrogalski2085]

Good grief!! The water is almost over my shoe!!! What a bunch of chicken littles!!

[@SigFigNewton]

FEMA funding set to increase due to unprecedented emergency expenses these last couple of years

[@SigFigNewton]

You were saying?

[@gtrguyinaz]

Pump this extra water to lake mead…

[@pauliegee6980]

I want to be called corn hogger.

[@therealblt]

Call in the Red Rotten Cross 😂

[@bekah2138]

is the nuclear power plant in red wing at all at risk?

[@hallertau]

Is that Dana Carvey at 1:28?

[@LisaP52405]

Dang it! I Looked! LOL

[@spacey118]

Woof

[@user-wj3ng5uk9n]

Great Plains farmers and ranchers need water badly! As pipelines for oil and natural gas travel hundreds of miles under- ground, so could pipelines in flooded areas travel towards the Plains Farmers and ranchers! Dams are at full capacity which should have pipelines go to dryer areas, like Great Plains where water is scarce! All flooded areas of the US should have pipelines redirecting water to dryer regions to help prevent water lose!

[@ritakarlsson]

Soo fun ppl blame the politics for bad weather,we are all guilti for whats happens on the Earth

[@1966jcar]

same as 1983 flooding hit now in 2024

[@Superkuh2]

Remember 1993?

[@SigFigNewton]

And are the higher temperatures also the same

[@Superkuh2]

@@SigFigNewton The 1993 floods at least were probably enhanced by the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the southern hemisphere at the end of 1991.

[@SigFigNewton]

@@Superkuh2 huh

[@jamesmcmurray6871]

Repent

[@machelbaillet7905]

call greta and john kerry maybe they can fly in and fill some sand bags

[@SigFigNewton]

Are you imagining that they never physically help people?

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Are you there and help or do you want to show us your stupidity?

[@evocharles9649]

I don't have nothing to do with Americans, my sister is in America and i don't care a damn about what ever will happen to her

[@dianneys4887]

That's sad. Hope you feel better one day. Bitterness isn't good for you.

[@kenneth9874]

And no one cares...

[@czarcastic1458]

She moved to America to get away from your fascism.

[@jjrr2273]

and may she give zero fuks about your wellbeing too!

[@evocharles9649]

@@dianneys4887 down with America

[@REVYMERCENARY]

See if you can just pump some of it into the fields and just keep pumping it west away from river inland.

[@mcap8396]

Farmers fields are already flooded going to hurt them financially. They can’t legally just pump it onto other’s people’s private property and kill their livelihood.

[@harmonicaveronica]

The fields are flooded too! So much rain this year

[@scottprather5645]

The Earth changes are here

[@Bill-sp8kb]

The Earth is always changing.

[@SigFigNewton]

@@Bill-sp8kband it’s excited to be doing it far faster than ever before

[@scottprather5645]

@@Bill-sp8kb but it's obvious that it's happening at a vastly accelerated pace that even blind people might be able to see that we're in unprecedented times. Whether we're aware of it or not we have a relationship and a responsibility to the Earth which we have abused And all the propaganda and brainwashing from the fossil fuel industry won't change that fact.

[@iffykidmn8170]

@@SigFigNewton Probably a good thing otherwise Mn would still be covered in glaciers.

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Climate is changing

[@bobross8569]

It isn't global warming minnesota is a temperate zone version of a rain forest but overly civilized americans forget this,minnesota and the eastern zone of north dakota are almost impossible to predict weather wise.

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

I guess that you are wrong in some of your "facts"

[@theyrekrnations8990]

If we could just get some folks to quit messin' with the weather.... The bigger floods will be in Iowa and perhaps Missouri

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Who is "messin'" with the weather?

[@theyrekrnations8990]

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 the WMF will tell you. weather modification history

[@theyrekrnations8990]

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 I dont know if you really want to know, or if you are a troll

[@stevebeimler2579]

If mankind does not cleanup its act Nature/G_d will do it field them - amen 🙏!

[@hellomandarkk]

Welcome to the south lmao

[@Stacie45]

So much propaganda

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

What?

[@Stacie45]

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 The Planet will be destroyed unless we impose a full-on Marxist agenda!

[@TheWillvoss]

Trump said climate change isn’t real? Doesn’t this happen every year? Lol. Owned.

[@darrelljohnson5764]

Sheeple

[@Bill-sp8kb]

Changes four times a year.

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

​@@Bill-sp8kbyou are wrong

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Who believes in Trump? 😅👎🤣🤣

[@lacnoslen5644]

lol