Originally published on May 10, 2011 in the Minot Daily News
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by Kim Fundingsland
(blogmaster's note: for a more downstream perspective, check out this link from the Omaha World-Herald: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110507/NEWS01/705079838/-1)
RIVERDALE - The numbers are nothing short of staggering. In a spring where there seems to be too much water in virtually every drainage system, why should the largest reservoir in the Missouri River system be left out? The answer is, it won't be.
The volume of water expected to enter the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers and, eventually Lake Sakakawea, will almost certainly flow right through the record books. Even with a record amount of snowfall still sitting in the mountains of Montana, and Lake Sakakawea sitting several feet higher than it was a year ago, another major storm is poised to impact Montana and further influence a massive runoff.
The volume of water expected to enter the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers and, eventually Lake Sakakawea, will almost certainly flow right through the record books. Even with a record amount of snowfall still sitting in the mountains of Montana, and Lake Sakakawea sitting several feet higher than it was a year ago, another major storm is poised to impact Montana and further influence a massive runoff.
