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Nathaniel Minor
Fargo, N.D.

Photos: Here's how Fargo's 'Sandbag Central' works

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Trucks
The trucks then haul the full pallets to storage, where they will be available to residents when flood waters rise.
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Loading sand
First, sand is loaded from a pile outside to a bin connected to a conveyer belt. Plans are to fill 1 million sandbags in the next 10 days; half for use in the city and half for use in rural areas nearby.
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Conveyer belt
The sand from the bin then goes up a conveyer belt. Here, Elvis Kadrmas, a equipment operator for the city of Fargo, watches.
MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor