Jerry Sampson tosses down a sandbag as he and other volunteers shore up the sandbag dike as the Red River continues to rise along River Dr., Thursday, March 26, 2009, in Fargo, N.D.
Emergency workers use an air boat to rescue Destiny Dolan, front left, 15, and friend Kayla Weston, 15, on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, from a home that was surrounded by Red River floodwaters in Oxbow, N.D., south of Fargo. Dolan said the experience of being trapped was terrifying. The home was one of several evacuated on Wednesday in rural areas outside Fargo, which is preparing for worse flooding in the next few days.
A street sign stands in the icy water of the rising Red River near the side panel of an air boat as the U.S. Coast guard tries to get people to leave their homes in the background, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Hickson, N.D.
Paul Shereck, of Valley Water Rescue, walks through the icy waters of the rising Red River as he goes door to door trying to get people to evacuate their homes, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Hickson, N.D.
The Red River carries snow and ice as it rises and floods a home, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Hickson, N.D.
From left: Jack Lubka, Dale Cardwell, Michael Stensgard and Doug Stensgard load sandbags into a boat as the Red River rises, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. The Sandbags are to reinforce the earthen and sandbag dike around the Stensgard home, which can only be reached by boat.
Doug Stensgaard uses one of his family's boats to get back to their home from the Red River, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, near Fargo. The Red was expected to crest at Fargo between 39 and 41 feet by Saturday morning. It was at 30.5 feet by midday Tuesday, up 5 feet from the day before.
Danny McDormand of the U.S. Coast Guard signals to his team that there are two people who need to be rescued form the flooded home of Dick Huntley, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, on Pfiffer Drive in Hickson, N.D.
One of Doug Stensguard's dogs, Annie, looks out over what used to be a 5-acre yard and an out building that is now flooded by the rising Red River, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. Stensguard built an earthen and sandbag dike around his home in the hope of holding back the rising floodwater from the Red River.
Doug Stensguard and his son Michael, left, look out from their floodwater surrounded home, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. Stensguard built an earthen and sandbag dike around his home in the hope of holding back the rising floodwater from the Red River. The only way to get there is by boat.
Doug Stensguard guides his boat through Heritage Hills neighborhood, back to his floodwater surrounded home, Tuesday, March 24, 2009 in Fargo, N.D.
Neighborhood workers pile sandbags around the Schell home in the hope of holding back floodwaters of the Red River seen close behind them Tuesday, March 24, 2009, in Fargo, N.D.
Megan Palmer, of Fargo, N.D., fills sandbags to be used to protect home in the hope of holding back floodwaters of the Red River Tuesday, March 24, 2009, in Fargo, N.D.
As the Red River rises in the background, Gloria Brown hauls a wagon load of sandbags to pile around her neighbor's home in the hope of holding back floodwaters, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, in Fargo, N.D.
Gloria Brown piles sandbags around her neighbor's home in the hope of holding back floodwaters of the Red River Tuesday, March 24, 2009, in Fargo, N.D.
Jenny Haller helps her sister Becky Meier, unseen, pack up her Crookston, Minn., home near the Red Lake River after an evacuation notice Tuesday, March 24, 2009. In Crookston, Minn., about 50 miles northeast of Fargo, ice jams caused a sudden rise on the Red Lake River and led city officials to ask about 200 people in low-lying areas to voluntarily evacuate. The city was working to raise its flood protection.
Tyler Ness helps load a friend's belongings for evacuation Tuesday, March 24, 2009, from Crookston, Minn. The Red Lake River behind the property is expected to crest at 26.4 feet on Wednesday.
Michael Ehresmann, right, piles sandbags around the Kallmeyer home in Fargo, N.D., in the hope of holding back floodwaters of the Red River on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Zach Boor, 12, face splattered with mud, passes a sandbag down the line as he joined college students to help build a dike along the north side of Rose Coulee Monday, March 23, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. Boor was excused from classes at Discovery Middle School so he could join thousands of other volunteers to build dikes to protect the city from the flooding Red River.
Isabel Kallmeyer, 9, works with her neighbor Caitlin Carson, 6, with the shovel, to fill sandbags that will be piled around the Kallmeyer home in the hopes of holding back floodwaters of the Red River Tuesday, March 23, 2009, in Fargo, N.D.