Flood Fight 2011

The end of June 2011 has been a very difficult time for our local community of Minot, North Dakota. We were able to use our equipment in the participation for helping our town prepare for a flood, although nothing could really prepare Minot for the scale of the devestation that was ahead.


The National Guard waved trucks through traffic lights. Any equipment helping in the flood fight was given absolute priority as everyone was working around the clock to get dikes built.


Bluestone crew building dike around a school. The flood resulted in the loss of three important schools, resulting in the displacement of around 1,000 school children.


Working throughout the night and into the morning. Photograph taken by Jon Roise who was driving truck in long shifts.


Our truck ran day and night, nonstop, for 3 days.

Loading clay.

The trucks were all filthy from long hours of hauling.

River levels climbing; here is water seeping onto the streets around 3 am.

After the river crested. June 26th 2011. Arial photographs taken by Leif Anderson. Pilot Dave Roise, who himself had a home destroyed in the flooded area below.

Little was spared; much was lost.

We are very fortunate to live and have a shop on high ground. Many of our friends are not so lucky. Minot has a very long and difficult path to recovery. We look forward to playing a part in rebuilding our community.