Did the historic flooding on Rainy Lake this summer have to be so bad?

One of Gary Sullivan’s grandsons came from Florida with military experience to help his father build a reinforced sandbag wall with an extra wide base. Gary’s biggest worries are north and northwest winds producing high waves that put pressure on the walls.
Monika Lawrence for MPR News
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