flooding

With the risk of flooding increasing in many parts of the state, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) urges private well users to prepare for the possibility that their wells might flood. If you get your drinking water from a private well, taking these preventative actions now may help protect that water from becoming contaminated. If your well is in a flood-prone area and you have time,…

I’ve seen flooding on TV and pitied the poor people who had to clean up after it, but I’ve never personally had to clean up after a flood.  That changed July 5 when 6 inches of rain falling in less than an hour washed the gravel, garbage and grime off Cedar Street into the basement window of a small apartment building that my husband, Jim, and I own. We were made aware of the situation when one…