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Nothing fits with frozen flooding than a polar bear.

Jim
Alaska '90, '91

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Hampton, Nathan E.
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> If the flooding in St. Paul gets bad, which it shouldn't, then would it not be ironic if Lake Superior State, RPI, Mercyhurst, and Bemidji State all made the Frozen Four? Then we would have Lakers, Engineers, Lakers, and Beavers all competing against each other. Rather fitting, no? Impossible, no?
>
> Nathan
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> Subject: Re: Frozen Four Flooding Note
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> We'll see if we can get across the Red River that week, I'll see if I can
> comondier a Coast Guard helicopter and arrive in style!!  Yes, I said Coast
> Guard (in Fargo, ND), it looks like it might be that bad up here.
>  Matt Sullivan
> Group Insurance Specialist
> The Sullivan Agency, LTD.
> www.sullivanagency.com
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>
> University of Minnesota Duluth, 1998
> BU-LL-DO-G-S GOOOOO Bulldogs!!!!
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Pamela Sweeney <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 11:15:44 AM
> Subject: Re: Frozen Four Flooding Note
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> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Mike Abegg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> And Ridder is on the U of M Minneapolis East Bank where flooding is not an
>> issue.  Downtown St. Paul (Xcel) itself isn't floodable, either, but some of
>> the access roads are down the bluff just above normal river levels.
>>
>> I think for either I wouldn't worry about anything "touristly interesting"
>> being dramatically affected. But those driving may want to check
>>511mn.orgbefore hitting the road.
>>
>> Mike Abegg
>>
>> Right.  Ridder and environs should be fine.
>
> The gist of it is, even if (or, in this case, when) major flooding happens,
> its effect on visitors would be limited to road closures*. Those road
> closures are likely to affect access routes to the parking ramp at Xcel, but
> not the women's event at Ridder.
> As far as major interstates go, the only concern might be I-35W at the
> Minnesota River in Savage/Burnsville south of Mpls.  (I-94, I-694, I-494 and
> I-35E should not have any problems in the Twin Cities area, nor should I-35W
> at the Mississippi in Mpls. )
>
> *unless you're flying into the Holman Field Downtown St. Paul airport -
> which mostly serves corporate jets.
>
> -Pam
>



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