Flooding in Duluth and North Shore

There were squads blocking off the 8th St. Bridge. Concerns over the roadway settling. After some inspections, it was cleared.
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It is jet-ski to work day in Duluth.

Who took all those photos?

Halfway up the Chester Creek trail as you're climbing (left side), there's a HUGE mudslide that brought down many large trees. The slide goes from the creek all the way up to the house that overlooks the creek (if you're crossing the 8th Street bridge westbound, it's the cool house perched above the creek on the right).

So surreal viewing these photos, reading all the articles online, along with the calls and messages I've received today, while out of town. 

The DNT has compiled an updated and growing list of notices and closures.

Stay safe!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Bx8-d9tzc

Not to make light of the situation, but saw this link on Reddit this morning, had to pass it on. Had an interesting picture.

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It was reassuring to see these guys on the scene.

Les, that reminds me of this video:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLK9Bosf8Ds

Meanwhile, PDD's own Paul Lundgren lost major Duluth points by missing the storm entirely to be someplace ... drier.

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I don't know who took all the photos, but I can tell you this: the one in the number 5 position isn't of the Duluth Flood 2012 at all--it's pulled from a site on Great Lakes seches, from 2001. 

[Admin note: That photo has been removed from the gallery.]

It really bugs me that somebody threw that one out there and got it spread so far and wide. I saw it on the MPR site and about a dozen of my friends reposted it as well. 

No, the Canal did not flood and the lake didn't look like that while it was raining.

I've posted a video and some photos on my blog of flooding in the Duluth and Moose Lake area while working for MPR this past week. Just about everywhere you go, it's jaw dropping how widespread the damage is.

Multiple other photo galleries can be found on the MPR site as well.